Jeevan and Purav in quarterfinals of Challenger

Third seeds, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in partnership with Purav Raja beat Fabricio Neis and Hernandez David Vega 6-4, 5-7, 10-8 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the € 46,600 Challenger tennis tournament in Spain on Wednesday.

However, the top seeded pair of Divij Sharan and Marcelo Demolliner got beaten 14-12 in the super tie-break Pedro Sousa and Mark Vervoort in another first round encounter.

In the $25,000 ITF women’s event in Japan, Pranjala Yadlapalli beat Misaki Matsuda of Japan 7-5, 6-0 in the first round.

The results:

€ 69,280 Challenger, Sophia Antipolis, France
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Benoit Paire (FRA) & Leander Paes bt Andrei Vasilevski (BLR) & Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 7-5, 6-0.

€ 46,600 Challenger, Alicante, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Pedro Sousa (POR) & Mark Vervoort (NED) bt Marcello Demoliner (BRA) & Divij Sharan 6-4, 3-6, [14-12]; Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja bt Fabricio Neis (BRA) & David Vega Hernandez (ESP) 6-4, 5-7, [10-8].

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Singles (first round): Adil Kalyanpur bt Giorgio Ricca (ITA) 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Timur Kiyamov (Rus) & Eduardo STruvay (COL) bt Vasisht Cheruku & Anurag Nenwani 6-3, 6-0.

$25,000 ITF women, Kashiwa, Japan
Singles (first round): Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Misaki Matsuda (JPN) 7-5, 6-0.

$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (first round): Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (SWE) bt Sai Samhitha 6-2, 6-1.