Leander Paes and Benoit Paire reach Challenger semifinals

Leander Paes in partnership with Benoit Paire of France sailed into the semifinals unchallenged as the wild card opponents Rudolf Molleker and Alexei Popyrin retired after four games in the € 69,280 Challenger in France.

The INdo-French combination will play another wild card team of Enzo Couacaud and Tristan Lamasine of France in the semifinals.

In the ITF men’s and women’s events in Egypt, the Indian players Adil Kalyanpur in partnership with SD Prajwal Dev and Sai Samhitha in partnership with Ange Oby Kajuru of Japan were beaten in the doubles semifinals.

The results:

€ 69,280 Challenger, Sophia Antipolis, France
Doubles (quarterfinals): Benoit Paire (FRA) & Leander Paes bt Rudolf Molleker (GER) & Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 4-0 (retired).

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (semifinals): Marek Jaloviec (CZE) & Lukas Klein (SVK) bt SD Prajwal Dev & Adil Kalyanpur 6-4, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (semifinals): Zhibek Kulammbayeva (KAZ) & Katarina Kuzmova (SVK) bt Ange Oby Kajuru (JPN) & Sai Samhitha 6-1, 6-2.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)