Leander paes and angel beat top sees in St. Petersburg open

Leander Paes in partnership with Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela of Mexico pipped top seeds Dominic Inglot and Franko Skugor in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $1,241,850 ATP Tour event in Russia.

The Indo-Mexican pair will play Matteo Berrettini and Fabio Fognini of Italy in the quarterfinals.

Meanwhile, Davis Cupper Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $150,000 Challenger.

However the other Davis Cupper, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was beaten in three sets in the first round by Jurij Rodionov of Austria.

There was progress in doubles for the Indian players, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan, while Ramkumar in partnership with Vijay Sundar Prashanth lost in straight sets.

Purav Raja in partnership with Rameez Junaid of Australia made the doubles quarterfinals in the Challenger in Italy.

Third seed Aryan Goveas bounced back from being down 1-4 in the third set tie-break to win six points in a row against qualifier Stefano Batalino of Italy, and a berth in the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF men’s Futures in Cairo.

Sowjanya Bavisetti made the singles quarterfinals and the doubles semifinals in the ITF women’s event in China.

The results:
$1,241,850 St. Petersburg Open ATP-250, Russia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex) & Leander Paes bt Dominic Inglot (GBR) & Franko Skugor (Cro) 7-6(5), 7-6(5).

$250,000 WTA, Guangzhou, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Xinyun Han & Ying Zhang (Chn) bt Hanyu Guo (Chn) & Prarthana Thombare 6-1, 6-2.

$150,000 Challenger men, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
Singles (first round): Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Maximilian Neuchrist (Aut) 6-4, 6-2; Jurij Rodionov (Aut) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Austin Krajicek (US) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Tristan Lamasine (Fra) & Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) 6-4, 7-6(6); Cheng-Peng Hsieh & Tsung-Hua Yang (Te) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-4; Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan bt Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) & Chu-Huan Yi (Tpe) 6-1, 7-5.

€43,000 Challenger men, Biella, Italy
Doubles (pre-quarterfianls): Rameez Junaid (Aus) & Purav Raja bt Oriol Roca Batalla & Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Esp) 7-6(4), 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Cairo, Egypt
Singles (first round): Aryan Goveas bt Stefano Battaglino (Ita) 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(4); Anirudh Chandrasekar bt Francesco Cano (Ita) 6-1, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF women, Cairns, Australia
Doubles (quarterfinals): Mana Ayukawa & Ramu Ueda (Jpn) bt Alison Bai (Aus) & Rutuja Bhosale 6-4, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF women, Anning, China
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Ai Kamiyoshihara (Jpn) 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Dan Ni Wang (Chn) & Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Chloe Isabella Tsang (Aus) WanNing Zhu (Chn) 6-4, 6-1; I-Hsuan Cho & Yi Tsen Cho (Tpe) bt Qianxin Kong (Chn) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Snehal Mane & Saumya Vig bt Claudia Franze (Ita) & Akiho Kakuya (Jpn) 6-4, 4-6, [11-9].

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Bhuvana Kalva bt Sathwika Sama 6-3, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey
Singles (first round): Cemre Anil (Tur) bt Sonashe Bhatnagar 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sarina Kang (Aus) & Sonashe Bhatnagar w.o. Hilda Lundstedt & Emilia Roslund (Swe).