Divij Sharan in semifinals of St. Petersburg with Igor Zelenay

Divij Sharan in partnership with Igor Zelenay of Slovakia beat Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain and Andres Molteni of Argentina 7-5, 5-7, 10-5 in the doubles quarterfinals of the $1,248,665 ATP tennis tournament in St. Petersburg, Russia.

In the semifinals, Divij and partner will challenge the top seeds Nikola Mektic and Franko Skugor of Croatia.

In the Challenger in Kaohsiung, Saketh Myneni and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan were beaten in the doubles quarterfinals by the third seeds Cheng-Peng Hsieh and Tsung-Hua Yang of Chinese Taipei.

Ramkumar Ramanathan made the semifinals of the Challenger in Glasgow, by beating Daniel Masur of Germany 7-5, 7-6(4). He will play Alexandre Muller of France who bounced back from the brink of defeat to beat seventh seed Nicola Kuhn of Spain 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Muller had earlier accounted for top seed Malek Jaziri of Tunisia for the loss of four games.

In the ITF men’s Futures in Nanchang, China, Anirudh Chandrasekar made the doubles final as the top seeds in partnership with Luca Castelnuovo of Switzerland. The duo will face Ruixuan Wang and BIngyu Yu of China in the final.

In a similar tournament in Turkey, Adil Kalyanpur made the doubles final with Kelsey Stevenson of Canada. the duo will face third seeds Jan Zielinski and Kacper Zuk of Poland.

The results:

$1,248,665 ATP, St. Petersburg, Russia
Doubles (quarterfinals): Igor Zelenay (SVK) & Divij Sharan bt Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) & Andres Molteni (ARG) 7-5, 5-7, [10-5].

$162,480 Challenger, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
Doubles (quarterfinals): Cheng-Peng Hsieh & Tusng-Hua Yang (TPE) bt Saketh Myneni & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6-2, 6-2.

€ 46,600 Challenger, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Singles (quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Daniel Masur (GER) 7-5, 7-6(4).

$15,000 ITF men, Nanchang, China
Singles (quarterfinals): Ryota Tanuma (JPN) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles (semifinals): Luca Castelnuovo (SUI) & Anirudh Chandrasekar bt Yecong Mo & Weibowen Zou (CHN) 6-4, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF men, Cairo, Egypt
Doubles (semifinals): Roman Blokhin (RUS) & Zura Tkemaladze (GEO) bt Muzammil Murtaza (PAK) & Dhruv Sunish 6-2, 2-6, [10-8]; Quarterfinals: Muzammil Murtaza (PAK) & Dhruv Sunish bt Stefano Battaglino (ITA) & Bart van den Berg (NED) 7-5, 2-6, [10-7].

$15,000 ITF men, Antalya, Turkey
Doubles (semifinals): Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) & Adil Kalyanpur bt Denis Klok (RUS) & Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) 6-2, 4-6, [10-7].

$15,000 ITF women, Anning, China
Doubles (semifinals): Ayaka Okuno (JPN) & Holly Verner (US) bt Oleksandra Oliynykova (CRO) & Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-4, 2-6, [10-7].