New York Open: Leander Paes, Purav Raja bow out

Paes and Raja went down 3-6, 4-6 to second seeds Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald.

Published : Feb 15, 2018 21:31 IST

Leander Paes (left) seen here with Purav Raja.

Leander Paes and Purav Raja, joining hands after the Australian Open, were beaten by second seeds Max Mirnyi and Philipp Oswald 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $748,450 New York Open ATP tennis tournament.

The results: $748,450 ATP, New York, US Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Max Mirnyi (Blr) & Philipp Oswald (Aut) bt Leander Paes & Purav Raja 6-3, 6-4. $15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Singles (first round): Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) bt Pranjala Yadlapalli 6-2, 1-6, 6-3. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Constanze Stepan (Ger) & Iga Swiatek (Pol) bt Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) & Pranjala Yadlapalli 6-0, 2-6, 10-8. $15,000 ITF women, Manacor, Spain Singles (first round): Snehadevi Reddy bt Rosa Vicens Mas (Esp) 6-3 (retired). Doubles (quarterfinals): Seone Mendez (Aus) & Alexandra Perper (Mda) bt Claudia Cianci (Por) & Snehadevi Reddy 6-2, 6-1. $15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey Singles (first round): Aleksandra Pospelova (Rus) bt Dhruthi Venugopal 7-6(1), 6-2. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Martina Caregaro & Federica Di Sarra (Ita) bt Riya Bhatia & Dhruthi Venugopal 6-2, 6-3.