Divij-Sitak pair reaches pre-quarterfinals in Santiago tournament

Divij Sharan and Artem Sitak beat Brazilians Thiago Monteiro and Fernando Romboli in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Santiago, Chile.

Divij Sharan (left) and his New Zealand partner Artem Sitak.

Divij Sharan in partnership with Artem Sitak of New Zealand beat Brazilians Thiago Monteiro and Fernando Romboli 7-6(5), 7-6(2) in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $674,730 ATP tennis tournament in Santiago, Chile.

The third-seeded Indo-Kiwi pair was scheduled to meet a Spanish pair in the quarterfinals.

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Meanwhile, in the WTA event in Doha, Sania Mirza in partnership with Caroline Garcia of France, was beaten 6-4, 7-5 by another wild card pair of Cagla Buyukakcay and Laura Sigemund 6-4, 7-5. The win took the Turkish-German pair into the quarterfinals, following a walkover in the next round from the Chinese Taipei team of Hao-Ching Chan and Latisha Chan.

In the Challenger in France, third seed Sumit Nagal was beaten 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 by Hugo Grenier of France in the second round, after a bye in the first.

The results $3,240,445 WTA, Doha, Qatar Doubles (first round): Cagla buyukakcay (Tur) & Laura Siegemund (Ger) bt Caroline Garcia (Fra) & Sania Mirza 6-4, 7-5. $674,730 ATP, Santiago, Chile Doubles (pre-quarterfinals):  Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan bt Thiago Monteiro & Fernando Romboli (Bra) 7-6(5), 7-6(2). € 92,040 Challenger, Pau, France Singles (second round): Hugo Grenier (Fra) bt Sumit Nagal 6-1, 2-6, 6-3. $ 54,160 Challenger, Columbus, US Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Alexander Cozbinov (Mda) & Denis Istomin (Uzb) 6-3, 6-4. $15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first round): Nicolas Alvarez Varona (Esp) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1. $15,000 ITF men, Vale Do Lobo, Portugal Singles (first round): Terence Das bt Fabio Coelho (Por) 6-4, 7-5.