Jeevan, Purav Raja reach quarters at France

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja won 6-2, 6-4 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the € 744,010 ATP tennis tournament in France.

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan. (file photo)

Wild card entrants Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja knocked out top seeds Oliver Marach of Austria and Mate Pavic of Croatia 6-2, 6-4 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the € 744,010 ATP tennis tournament in France on Tuesday. In the Challenger in Bangkok, Saketh Myneni was outplayed 6-4, 6-0 by James Duckworth of Australia in the second round. Sasi Kumar Mukund went down after winning the first set, in the first round to Kevin King of the US.

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Fourth seeds Sriram Balaji and Arjun Kadhe were beaten 11-9 in the super tie-break of the doubles quarterfinals by Enrique Lopez Perez and Hiroki Moriya. In the ITF women’s event in China, Natasha Palha and Saumya Vig won their doubles pre-quarterfinals in contrasting styles, with their respective partners Si Qi Liu of China and Izabela Gabriela Novac of Romania. The results:

€ 744,010 ATP, Marseille, France Doubles (pre-quarterfinals):  Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja bt Oliver Marach (Aut) & Mate Pavic (Cro) 6-2, 6-4. $54,160 Challenger, Bangkok, Thailand Singles (second round): James Duckworth (Aus) bt Saketh Myneni 6-4, 6-0. First round: Kevin King (US) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Enrique Lopez Perez (Esp) & Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) bt Sriram Balaji & Arjun Kadhe 5-7, 6-4, [11-9]. $15,000 ITF women, Nanchang, China Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Si Qi Liu (Chn) & Natasha Palha bt Jiatian Qi & Ziyi Yang (Chn) 6-0, 6-2; Izabela Gabriela Novac (Rou) & Saumya Vig bt Ai Qi Chen & Meiting Liu (Chn) 6-7(6), 7-5, [10-4]. $15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Fanny Ostlund (Swe) & Ipek Oz (Tur) bt Justine Pysson (Bel) & Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-0, 6-2.