Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak beat fourth seeds in Paris
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Divij Sharan in partnership with Artem Sitak of New Zealand beat the fourth seeds Mate Pavic of Croatia and Bruno Soares of Brazil 6-7(5), 6-3, 10-3 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €5,791,280 ATP-1000 tennis tournament in Paris on Tuesday.
The Indo-Kiwi combination had made the main draw as alternates. The duo will play Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin of France in the pre-quarterfinals.
In the Challenger in China, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in partnership with Adil Shamasdin of Canada made the doubles quarterfinals, past a Chinese team.
In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in China, Ankita Raina made the doubles quarterfinals as the second seed with Rosalie van der Hoek of the Netherlands.
The results:
€ 5,791, 280 ATP, Paris, France
Doubles (first round): Artem Sitak (NZL) & Divij Sharan bt Mate Pavic (CRO) & Bruno Soares (BRA) 6-7(5), 6-3, [10-3].
$135,400 Challenger, Shenzhen, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Adil Shamasdin (CAN) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Cui Jie & Wu Hao (CHN) 6-0, 7-6(1).
$60,000 ITF women, Liuzhou, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rosalie van der Hoek (NED) & Ankita Raina bt Dalila Jakupovic (SLO) & Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic (GER) 6-4, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lukas Hellum Lilleengen (NOR) & Boris Pokotilov (RUS) bt Haadin Bava & Rishabdev Raman 6-2, 7-6(6); Curtney John Lock (ZIM) & Aryan Goveas bt Vladyslav Manafov (UKR) & Luigi Sorrentino (ITA) 7-6(4), 7-6(7).
Qualifying singles (third and final round): Haadin Bava bt Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi (UKR) 6-1, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Kuwait
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ashwin Ryan Sharma (AUS) & Anurag Nenwani bt Giovani Sharma (LBN) & Kunal Anand 6-2, 3-6, [10-8].
Qualifying singles (second round): Worovin Kumthonkittikul (THA) bt Arjun Mahadevan 6-2, 6-0; Krittin Koaykul (THA) bt Anurag Nenwani 7-6(8), 6-4; Joao Marcos Nusdeo (BRA) bt Ashwin Ryan Sharma 6-3, 6-4; Shahbaaz Khan bt Chanchai Seekton-eng (THA) 6-3, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Tabarka, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Rita Atik (MAR) bt Humera Shaik 6-2, 6-4.
(Courtesy: The Hindu)