Tennis

Jeevan, Divij ousted from Newport ATP event

Divij and Jackson Withrow lost 3-6 4-6 to Jonathan Erlich and Artem Sitak in their semifinal while Jeevan and Austin Krajicek lost to Marcelo Arevalo and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela.

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Jeevan and Austin Krajicek lost 7-5, 5-7, 11-13 to Marcelo Arevalo and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela.   -  M. Vedhan

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New Delhi 21 July, 2018 15:12 IST

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in partnership with Austin Krajicek of the US missed a matchpoint and was beaten 5-7, 7-5, 13-11 in the doubles semifinals by Marcelo Arevalo and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela in the ATP Hall of Fame Open in Newport.

In the other semifinal, Divij Sharan in partnership with Jackson Withrow was beaten by Jonathan Erlich and Artem Sitak in straight sets.

In the $125,000 Challenger in Astana, Arjun Kadhe in partnership with Denis Yevseyev was beaten in a well contested doubles final by Mikhail Elgin and Yaraslav Shyla.

The results:
$623,710 ATP, Newport, US
Doubles (semifinals): Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex) bt Austin Krajicek (US) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 5-7, 7-5, [13-11]; Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & Artem Sitak (Nzl) bt
Jackson Withrow (US) & Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-4.

$125,000 Challenger men, Astana, Kazakhstan
Doubles (final): Mikhail Elgin (Rus) & Yaraslav Shyla (Blr) bt Denis Yevseyev (Kaz) & Arjun Kadhe 7-5, 7-6(6).