Purav Raja-Weissborn pair defeated in Croatia Challenger quarterfinals

Purav Raja and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn pair was beaten by Zdenek Kolar and Lukas Rosol in the doubles quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis tournament in Croatia.

File picture of Purav Raja.

Purav Raja, seeded fourth with Tristan-Samuel Weissborn of Austria, was beaten 6-3, 3-6, 10-8 by the Czech pair of Zdenek Kolar and Lukas Rosol in the doubles quarterfinals of the €44,820 Challenger tennis tournament  in Croatia on Thursday.

In the ITF event in Egypt, top seed Saskumar Mukund sailed into the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Simone Roncalli of Italy.

READ: Purav Raja -Weissborn duo in semifinals of Italian challengerThe results €44,820 Challenger, Split, Croatia Doubles (quarterfinals): Zdenek Kolar & Lukas Rosol (Cze) bt Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (Aut) & Purav Raja 6-3, 3-6, [10-8]. $15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sasikumar Mukund bt Simone Roncalli (Ita) 6-2, 6-1.