Raja-Sharan beaten in Mexico Challenger

Purav Raja and Divij Sharan went down to Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith 3-6, 1-6 in the in the doubles pre-quarterfinals.

Purav Raja and Divij Sharan were beaten 6-3, 6-1 by Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith.

The top seeds Purav Raja and Divij Sharan were beaten 6-3, 6-1 by Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith of Australia in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $75,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Mexico. In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in China, Ankita Raina lost in straight sets to the top seed Zheng Saisai of China in the pre-quarterfinals. Prarthana Thombare made the doubles semifinals in a $25,000 event in Italy, while Karunuday Singh made the singles quarterfinals and doubles semifinals in the ITF men’s Futures in Indonesia. The results$75,000 Challenger men, Leon, MexicoDoubles (pre-quarterfinals): Luke Saville & John-Patrick Smith (Aus) bt Purav Raja & Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-1. $15,000 ITF men, Jakarta, Indonesia Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Karunuday Singh bt Jake Delaney (Aus) 6-4, 7-5. Doubles (quarterfinals): Pirmin Haenle (Ger) & Karunuday Singh bt Adam Majchrowcz (Pol) & Hugo Voljacques (Fra) 6-4, 7-6(9) $60,000 ITF women, Quanzhou, ChinaSingles (pre-quarterfinals): Zheng Saisai (Chn) bt Ankita Raina 6-3, 6-2. $25,000 ITF women, Santa Margherita Di Pula, Italy Doubles (quarterfinals): Eva Wacanno (Ned) & Prarthana Thombare bt Ekaterine Gorgodze (Geo) & Kamila Kerimbayeva (Kaz) 3-6, 6-4, 10-7. $15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptSingles (pre-quarterfinals): Emilie Francati (Den) bt Rishika Sunkara 6-3, 6-3; Natasha Palha bt Caroline Romeo (Fra) 6-1, (retired). Doubles (quarterfinals): Emilie Francati (Den) & Kajsa Rinaldo Persson (Swe) bt Ana Veselinovic (Mne) & Rishika Sunkara 6-4, 4-6, 11-9. $15,000 ITF women, Hammamet, TunisiaDoubles (pre-quarterfinals): Irene Burillo Escorihuela & Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (Esp) bt Angela Fita Boluda (Esp) & Snehadevi Reddy 7-6(4), 6-4. $15,000 ITF women, Heraklion, GreeceDoubles (pre-quarterfinals): Romy Koelzer & Julyette Maria Josephine Steur (Ger) bt Almudena Sanz-Llaneza Fernandez (Esp) & Tanisha Rohira 6-1, 6-2.