Divij Sharan in doubles final in French Challenger

Divij Sharan in partnership with Scott Clayton of Britain made the doubles final with a 4-6, 6-0, 11-9 victory over French wild card entrants Tristan Lamasine and Hugy Nys in the € 106,000 Challenger tennis tournament in France.

Published : Oct 28, 2017 23:00 IST , New Delhi

It was the third successive doubles final for the 31-year-old Divij who had won the Tour title in Antwerp last week with Scott Lipsky of the US.
It was the third successive doubles final for the 31-year-old Divij who had won the Tour title in Antwerp last week with Scott Lipsky of the US.
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It was the third successive doubles final for the 31-year-old Divij who had won the Tour title in Antwerp last week with Scott Lipsky of the US.

Divij Sharan in partnership with Scott Clayton of Britain made the doubles final with a 4-6, 6-0, 11-9 victory over French wild card entrants Tristan Lamasine and Hugy Nys in the € 106,000 Challenger tennis tournament in France.

It was the third successive doubles final for the 31-year-old Divij who had won the Tour title in Antwerp last week with Scott Lipsky of the US. The Indo-British pair will play Sander Arends of the Netherlands and Antonio Sancic of Croatia in the final.

In the $50,000 Challenger in Vietnam, Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth made the doubles final.

The results:

€ 106,000 Challenger men, Brest, France

Doubles (semifinals): Scott Clayton (GBR) & Divij Sharan bt Tristan Lamasine and Hugy Nys (Fra) 4-6, 6-0, 11-9.

$50,000 Challenger men, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Doubles (semifinals): Saketh Myneni & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Ti Chen (Tpe) and Max Purcell (Aus) 7-6(3), 3-6, 10-7.

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Doubles (quarterfinals): Youssef Hossam (Egy) and Antonio Massara (Ita) bt Olly Sadler (Nzl) and Alex Solanki 6-4, 6-2.

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