On a cloudy day at the Kallang Tennis Centre, the 177-ranked Martin outpaced Somdev to register a 6-3, 6-4 win in 85 minutes.
The defeat put the Indian Davis Cupper out of the tournament. He earlier lost in the doubles semi-finals.
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[/caption]Somdev and his South African partner Rik de Voest were beaten by Thailand's Ratiwattana Twins Sonchai and Sonchat, seeded second, 6-4, 6-7(2) 10-7.
Somdev started well, breaking Martin in the third game, but lost serve in the fourth and eighth games as Martin took the first set.
In the second set, Martin played some intelligent tennis, mixing drops, and passed the Indian regularly at the net with sharp angled returns.
He broke in the fifth game and then held serve to clinch the set and make it to the semifinals.
Somdev won a low 38 percent on service returns in the entire match.
"This is my first big win over a top 100 player and I'm thrilled; I was recovering from a long match yesterday and felt tired. I realised I could not rally to win and decided to attack. This move paid off," the Bratislava resident after victory.
"I'm looking for better results the way I'm playing,"he added.
Somdev praised Martin. "I don't want to take anything away from Andrej; he played very well and served very well. I didn't move well which is my strength. It's hard to play with rain around, but all this is a part of professional tennis and it's a learning process for me. But all credit to my opponent," he said.
Somdev got 17 ATP points for his efforts in singles and 33 from the doubles event. He will now play in the South African Open.
Singapore ATP Challenger, Kallang [SIN] $50,000+H, Hard Court
Singapore Challenger Results 2011
1st Round
Sanchai Ratiwatana [THA] def [WC] Austin Karosi [USA] 7-5 6-3
Sonchat Ratiwatana [THA] def [WC] Blagovesl Petrov [BUL] 6-0 6-1
[8] Artem Sitak [NZL] def [WC] Arnaud Dairaine [FRA] 6-2 6-2
Christopher Rungkat [INA] def Jimmy Wang [TPE] 6-2 1-6 6-3
Di Wu [CHN] def Treat Conrad Huey [PHI] 6-3 6-4
Lovro Zovko [CRO] def [WC] Ryoma Sloane [NZL] 6-2 6-0
Dayne Kelly [AUS] def Dane Propoggia [AUS] 7-5 6-0
Purav Raja [IND] def [WC] Roy Hobbs [SIN] 6-3 6-0
David Martin [USA] def Joel Lindner [AUS] 6-3 7-6
2011 Singapore ATP Challenger
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