Leander Paes, Benoit Paire in quarterfinals in France

Leander Paes in partnership with Benoit Paire of France saved a set point to outplay Andrei Vasilevski and Andrea Vavassori 7-5, 6-0 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis tournament in France on Tuesday.

The fourth-seeded Indo-French combination will play the winner of two wild card teams in the quarterfinals.

In the ITF men’s Futures in Egypt, SD Prajwal Dev and Adil Kalyanpur beat NIklas Guttau and Lucas Hellfritsch of Germany 7-5, 6-0 in the pre-quarterfinals of doubles.

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.

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Adil Kalyanpur bt Niklas Guttau & Lucas Hellfritsch (GER) 7-5, 6-0.

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Haadin Bava bt Christoffer Solberg (SWE) 6-4, 6-2; Dominik Nazaruk (POL) bt Vasisht Cheruku 7-5, 7-6(6).
First round: Igor Solomatin (UKR) bt Anurag Nenwani 6-1, 6-2; Haadin Bava bt Philip Bachmaier (AUT) 6-3, 6-2; Vasisht Cheruku bt Boris Pokotilov (RUS) 6-2, 2-6, [10-2].

$25,000 ITF women, Obidos, Portugal
Qualifying singles (first round): Francisca Jorge (POR) bt Saisha Khanna 6-1, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ange Oby Kajuru (JPN) & Sai Samhitha bt Mame Dercksen (RSA) & Janina Geiss (GER) 6-0, 6-2.