Chile Open: Divij Sharan, Artem Sitak bow out in quarterfinals

Divij Sharan and his doubles partner were beaten 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 by Roberto Carballes Baena and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Divij Sharan (in picture) and Artem Sitak collected 45 ATP points and USD 5,430 from the tournament.

Divij Sharan and doubles partner Artem Sitak of New Zealand were beaten 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 by the Spanish pair of Roberto Carballes Baena and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the doubles quarterfinals of the USD 674,730 ATP tennis tournament in Santiago, Chile.

The Indo-Kiwi pair collected 45 ATP points and USD 5,430.

In the ATP Challenger in France, Sasi Kumar Mukund was beaten in the second round 6-4, 7-6 (3) by Lukas Lacko of Slovakia. Mukund had won a marathon first round that stretched to three tie-breaks against Arthur De Greef of Belgium.

• Doubles (quarterfinals): Roberto Carballes Baena & Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Esp) bt Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan 6-3, 3-6, [10-4].

• Singles (second round): Lukas Lacko (svk) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-4, 7-6 (3); First round: Sasi Kumar Mukund bt Arthur De Greef (Bel) 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2).
• Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Antonio Sancic (Cro) & Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (Aut) bt Adil Shamasdin (Can) & Purav Raja 6-1, 7-5.

• Singles (second round): Li Zhe (Chn) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3).
• Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Treat Huey (Phi) & Nathaniel Lammons (U.S.) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth & Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5, 6-4.

• Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sebastian Fanselow (Ger) bt Terence Das 6-3, 6-0.