Bopanna and Divij progress in Phoenix Challenger

Third seeds, Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan made the doubles quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Ruben Bemelmans and Peter Polansky in the $162,480 Challenger tennis tournament in the US.

The Asian Games gold medallists, Bopanna and Divij were scheduled to play Jamie Cerretani and Nicholas Monroe in the quarterfinals.

The results:

$162,480 Challenger, Phoenix, US
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rohan Bopanna & Divij Sharan bt Ruben Bemelmans (Bel) & Peter Polansky (Can) 6-3, 6-4.

$81,240 Challenger, Shenzhen, China
Doubles (quarterfinals): LI Zhe (Chn) & Goncalo Oliveira (Por) bt Luca Margaroli (Sui) & Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, 1-6, [10-6].