Purav Raja, Divij Sharan lose in quarterfinal in France

Top seeds Purav Raja and Divij Sharan lost to Ariel Behar of Uruguay and Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 10-6 in the Challenger tennis tournament in France on Thursday.

Purav Raja and Divij Sharan in action from the last month's Chennai Open tournament.

Top seeds Purav Raja and Divij Sharan lost to Ariel Behar of Uruguay and Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 10-6 in the super tie-break of doubles quarterfinal in the Challenger tennis tournament in France on Thursday.

The Sood twins, Chandril and Lakshit, progressed into the semifinal of the $15,000 event in Egypt.

The results: €43,000 Challenger men, Quimper, France Doubles (quarterfinal): Ariel Behar (Uru) & Andrey Golubev (Kaz) bt. Purav Raja & Divij Sharan 7-6(0), 4-6, 10-6.

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Doubles (quarterfinal): Chandril Sood and Lakshit Sood bt. Michiel de Krom & Roy Sarut de Valk (Ned) 6-4, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Egypt Singles (pre-quarterfinal): Helene Scholsen (Bel) bt. Natasha Palha 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles (quarterfinal): Natasha Palha & Rishika Sunkara w.o. Dana Kremer & Lisa-Marie Maetschke (Ger).