PURAV RAJA IN DOUBLES SEMIFINALS IN ATLANTA

Purav Raja in partnership with Ken Skupski of Britain fought his way into the doubles semifinals of the ATP Tour event in Atlanta, as the duo beat Taylor Fritz and Cameron Norrie 3-6, 6-1, 11-9.

In the ATP event in Gstaad, Switzerland, Sriram Balaji and VishnuVardhan went down fighting 9-11 in the super tie-break in the pre-quarterfinals on the red clay. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan with Austin Krajicek of the US also hit a rough patch and crashed out early.

In the Challenger in Binghamton, Saketh Myneni lost the first round in three sets, and lost the doubles pre-quarterfinals 10-12 in the super tie-break in partnership with compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth.

In the ITF junior event in Amman, Jordan, Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta lost the singles and doubles final. Kevin Patel won the doubles title with Alex Xiang Lu of Canada. Malikaa Marathe was beaten in the girls final in three sets by Yasmin Ezzat of Egypt.

The results:

$748,450 ATP, Atlanta, US
Doubles (quarterfinals): Ken Skupski (GBR) & Purav Raja bt Taylor Fritz (US) & Cameron Norrie (GBR) 3-6, 6-1, [[11-9].

€ 561,345 ATP, Gstaad, Switzerland
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Guido Andreozzi (Arg) & Jaume Munar (Esp) bt Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan 6-7(7), 6-3, [11-9]; Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Joao Sousa (Por) bt Austin Krajicek (US) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6-1, 6-0.

$75,000 Challenger, Binghamton, US
Singles (first round): Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera (Chi) bt Saketh Myneni 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ludovico Cestarollo (Ita) & Karl Poling (US) bt Saketh Myneni & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-7(2), 7-5, [12-10].

$15,000 ITF men, Jakarta, Indonesia
Singles (quarterfinals): Quentin Robert (Fra) bt Aryan Goveas 1-6, 6-2, 4-1 (reitred).

Doubles (semifinals): Michael Look & Matthew Romios (Aus) bt Courtney John Lock (Zim) & Aryan Goveas 6-4, 7-6(7).

ITF grade-5 juniors, Amman, Jordan
Boys (final): Abedallah Shelbayh (Jor) bt Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles (final): Alex Xiang Lu (Can) & Kevin Patel bt Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta & Arjun Mariyappa (US) 6-2, 7-6(6).

Girls (final): Yasmin Ezzat (Egy) bt Malikaa Marathe 4-6, 6-0, 6-1.

ITF grade-5 juniors, Singapore
Boys (semifinals): Hikaru Takeda (Jpn) bt Denim Yadav 6-2, 6-3.

ITF grade-5 juniors, Lido, Belarus
Boys (semifinals): Rohan Mehra bt Petr Nesterov (Bul) 6-2, 6-1.