Leander Paes in doubles semifinals in Morocco ATP

eander Paes in partnership with Benoit Paire of Francce beat the fourth seeds Oliver Marach and Philipp Oswald of Austria 7-5, 3-6, 12-10 in the doubles quarterfinals of the ATP tennis tournament in Morocco.

In the semifinals the Indo-French pair will meet the winner of the match between the second seeds Rohan Bopanna & Diminic Inglot and Jurgen Melzer and Franko Skugor.

In the ATP event in Houston, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja recorded a 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-8 victory over Nicholas Monroe and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela in the doubles pre-quarterfinals.

In the $162,480 Challenger inn Chinese Taipei, Sriram Balaji progressed into the doubles quarterfinals in partnership with Jonathan Erlich of Israel, with a 11-9 victory in the super tie-break, at the expense of his erstwhile doubles partner Vishnu Vardhan and Luca Margaroli of Switzerland.

The results:
€ 586,140 ATP, Marrakech, Morocco
Doubles (quarterfinals): Benoit Paire (FRA) & Leander Paes bt Oliver Marach & Philipp Oswald (AUT) 7-5, 3-6, 12-10; Pre-quarterfinals: Dominic Inglot (GBR) & Rohan Bopanna bt Roman Jebavy (CZE) & Andres Molteni (ARG) 0-6, 6-3, 10-8.

$652,245 ATP, Houston, US
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja bt Nicholas Monroe (USA) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (MEX) 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-8.

$162,480 Challenger, Chinese Taipei
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jonathan Erlich (ISR) & Sriram Balaji bt Luca Margaroli (SUI) & Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, 3-6, [11-9]; Saketh Myneni & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Kwon Soonwoo (KOR) & Tsung Hua Yang (TPE) 7-6(5), 6-3.

€ 46,600 Challenger, Barletta, Italy
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Filippo Baldi (ITA) bt Sumit Nagal 6-3, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF women, Hong Kong
Singles (first round): Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) bt Riya Bhatia 6-3, 7-6(4); Chihiro Muramatsu (JPN) bt Mihika Yaav 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Yan-Tung Ki & Wing KKiu Jacquelline Lam (HKG) 6-0, 6-1.

$25,000 ITF women, Obidos, Portugal
Qualifying singles (second and final round): Anastasia Pribylova (RUS) bt Saisha Khanna 6-0, 6-1; First round: Saisha Khanna bt Sara Neto (POR) 3-6, 6-4, [10-4].

$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (first round): Victoria Kalaitzis (BEL) bt Sai Samhitha 6-3, 7-6(3).

$25,000 ITF men, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Singles (first round): Sidharth Rawat bt Aliaksandr Liaonenka (BLR) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Alen Avidzba (RUS) bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-4, 6-0.

$25,000 ITF men, Abuja, Nigeria
Singles (first round): Arjun Kadhe bt Hugo Largo (ESP) 6-4, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (first round): Kacper Zuk (POL) bt Haadin Bava 7-6(1), 6-2.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vasisht Cheruku & SD Prajwal Dev bt Niklas Johansson (SWE) & Issam Haithamm Taweel (EGY) 6-3, 7-5.