Divij Sharan makes doubles semifnals with Marcelo Demoliner in Munich ATP

Divij Sharan in partnership with Marcelo Demoliner of Brazil got past the German pair of Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the doubles quarterfinals of the €586,140 ATP tennis tournament in Germany on Thursday.

The Indo-Brazilian combination, which had earlier ousted the top seeds Dominic Inglot of Britain and Rohan Bopanna in another super tie-break, will play the Skupski brothers from Britain, Ken and Neal.

In the Challenger in Mexico, second seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja beat Dariann King and Peter Polansky 7-6(5), 2-6, 10-3 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals.

In the Challenger in Seoul, the 146th ranked Ramkumar Ramanathan went down fighting in the pre-quarterfinals to Li Zhe of China who prevailed 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(6). The other Indian Davis Cupper Saketh Myneni, was also beaten in the pre-quarterfinals, by Tung-Lin Wu of Chinese Taipei.

The third round entry was worth eight ATP points and $1,720.

Ramkumar, however, sustained his good run in the doubles and reached the semifinals with Brayden Schnur of Canada.

In the Challenger in Savannah, Davis Cupper Sumit Nagal progressed into the pre-quarterfinals, past eighth seed Mats Moraing of Germany.

In the ITF women’s event in Namangan, sixth seed Rutuja Bhosale made the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Maryna Chernyshova of Ukraine. She also made the doubles semifinals along with Eudice Wong Chong of Hong Kong.

In Turkey, sixth seed Jennifer Luikham reached the singles
quarterfinals to challenge local girl Cemre Anil.

The results:

€ 586,140 ATP, Munich, Germany
Doubles (quarterfinals): Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) & Divij Sharan. bt Kevin Krawietz & Andreas Mies (GER) 4-6, 6-3, [10-8].

$ 135,400 Challenger, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja bt Darian King (BAR) & Peter Polansky (CAN) 7-6(5), 2-6, [10-3].

$108,320 Challenger, Seoul, Korea
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) bt Saketh Myneni 6-4, 7-5; Li Zhe (CHN) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6(6) Second round: Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) bt Sriram Balaji 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Brayden Schnur (CAN) & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Nam Ji Sung & Song Min-Kyu (KOR) 6-3, 5-7, [10-6].

$54,160 Challenger, Savannah, US
Singles (second round): Sumit Nagal bt Mats Moraing (GER) 6-1, 4-2 (retired).

$25,000 ITF women, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy
Doubles (quarterfinals): Tuna Altuna (TUR) & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Lenny Hampel (AUT) & Jules Okala (FRA) 4-6, 7-5, [10-4].

$25,000 ITF men, Namangan, Uzbekistan
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Roman Safiullin (RUS) bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-3, 6-2; Alexander Vasilenko (Rus) bt Sidharth Rawat 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF men, Cairo, Egypt
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Albert Alcaraz Ivorra (ESP) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar 4-6, 6-4, 6-1;

$25,000 ITF women, Namangan, Uzbekistan
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Rutuja Bhosale bt Maryna Chernyshova (UKR) 7-5, 6-3.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Eudice Wong Chong (HKG) & Rutuja Bhosae bt Ilona Georgiana Ghioroaie (ROU) & Sowjanya Bavisetti 7-5, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Egypt
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Melanie Klaffner (AUT) bt Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi 6-2, 6-3; Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt Saumya Vig
6-0, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Jennifer Luikham bt Sabrina Rittberger (GER) 6-2, 6-4; First round: Jennifer Luikham bt Ana Makatsaria (GEO) 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 6-2.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)