Divij sharan loses second round in Shanghai masters
Divij Sharan in partnership with Artem Sitzk of New Zealand was beaten 6-3, 6-4 by the third seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Marcelo Melo of Brazil in the doubles second round of the $9,219,970 ATP Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday.
Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Edourad Roger-Vasselin was beaten in straight sets in the first round by Ben Mclachlan and Jan-Lennard Struff.
In the Challenger in Tashkent, top seeds Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan were beaten in two tie-breaks in the doubles quarterfinals>
The results:
$9,219,970 ATP Masters, Shanghai, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lukasz Kubot (Pol) & Marcelo Melo (Bra) bt Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-4.
First round: Ben Mclachlan (Jpn) & Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) & Rohan Bopanna 7-6(4), 6-3.
$75,000 Challenger men, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Doubles (quarterfinals): Sanjar Fayziev & Jurabek Karimov (Uzb) bt Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(4), 7-6(3).
€64,000 Challenger men, Ortisei, Italy
Doubles (quarterfinals): Antonio Sancic (Cro) & Purav Raja w.o. Lukas Lacko (Svk) & Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr).
$25,000 ITF men, Lagos, Nigeria
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Goveas bt Aziz Ouakaa (Tn) 7-6(1), 6-1.
Doubles (quarterfinals):Niki Poonacha & Shahbaaz Khan bt Danylo Kalenichenko (Ukr) & Diego Matos (Bra) 1-6, 7-5, [10-8].
$15,000 ITF men, Hua Hin, Thailand
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Karunuday Singh bt Tsung-Hao Huang (Tpe) 6-2, 7-5; Felix Corwin (US) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-1, 6-3; Manish Sureshkumar bt Congsup Congcar (Tha) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Ajeet Rai (Nzl) & Karunuday Singh bt Felix Corwin (US) & Matic Spec (Slo) 7-6(6), 6-1.
$25,000 ITF women, Lagos, Nigeria
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia bt Fiona Codino (Fra) 6-3, 7-5; Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Jasmin Jebawy (Ger) 3-0 (retired).
First round: Chiraz Bechri (Tun) bt Jennifer Luikham 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Mihaela Djakovic (Srb) & Riya Bhatia bt Clothilde de Bernardi (Fra) & Diana Maria Mihail 6-2, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (first round): Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Jantje Tilbuerger (Ger) 6-4, 6-3; Martina Pradova (Cze) bt Avika Sagwal 6-0, 6-2.
