DIVIJ SHARAN IN QUARTERFINALS OF NEWPORT ATP

Divij Sharan in partnership with Jackson Withrow of the US made the doubles quarterfinals of the $623,710 ATP tennis tournament in Newport, US, with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Martin Redlicki and Evan Zhu of the US.

As expected, Divij has reached a career-best No.36 in world rankings in doubles, following his brilliant run to the quarterfinals in partnership with Artem Sitak of New Zealand in Wimbledon.

In the $125,000 Challenger in Kazakhstan, Arjun Kadhe had a big size of luck, as he not only entered as the lucky loser in the main draw, but also got a lucky loser as the first round opponent. Arjun led 6-2, 3-3 against Dzmitry Zhyrmont of Belarus when the latter retired.

In the ITF women’s event in Indonesia, Zeel Desai won both her singles and doubles matches.

It was persistent rain that washed out the day’s play in Nonthaburi, Thailand, where Ankita Raina was scheduled to play her first round.

The results:

$623,710 ATP, Newport, US
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jackson Withrow (US) & Divij Sharan bt Martin Redlicki & Evan Zhu (US) 6-3, 6-3.

$125,000 Challenger men, Astana, Kazakhstan
Singles (first round): Arjun Kadhe bt Dzmitry Zhyrmont (Blr) 6-2, 3-3 (retired).

$25,000 ITF men, Kunshan, China
Singles (first round): Aryan Goveas bt Zheng Yili (Chn) 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ajeet Rai (Nzl) & Aryan Goveas bt Cai Yong ia & Ji Ang (Chn) 6-1, 6-2.

$25,000 ITF men, Valencia, Spain
Singles (first round): Rafael Matos (Bra) bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-1, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Kuala Lumpur
Singles (first round): Siddharth Vishwakarma bt Anurag Nenwani 6-4, 7-6(3).

$15,000 ITF women, Jakarta, Indonesia
Singles (first round): Zeel Desai bt Mi Zhuoma You (Chn) 6-3, 7-5; Mahak Jain bt Bhuvana Kalva 6-1, 7-6(4).

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Mana Ayukawa (Jpn) & Zeel Desai bt Yuka Hosoki (Jpn) & Yu-Ting Hsieh (Tpe) 6-4, 7-5; Sai Samhitha & Rishika sunkara bt Lisa Mays (Aus) & Saumya Vig 7-5, 6-2; Jiakang LI (Chn) & Ayaka Okuno (Jpn) bt Charmaine Shi Yi Seah (Sgp) & Snehal Mane 6-2, 7-6(4).