WTA: Sania Mirza in doubles quarterfinals

Sania Mirza, in partnership with Shuai Zhang of China, beat Tayisiya Morderger and Yana Morderger of Germany to reach the doubles quarterfinals of the EUR 189,708 WTA tennis tournament in Luxembourg.

FILE PHOTO: Sania Mirza has reached the quarterfinals of the EUR 189,708 WTA tennis tournament in Luxembourg.

Sania Mirza, in partnership with Shuai Zhang of China, beat Tayisiya Morderger and Yana Morderger of Germany 6-2, 6-3 to reach the doubles quarterfinals of the EUR 189,708 WTA tennis tournament in Luxembourg.

In the men’s Challenger in France, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja made the doubles semifinals with a 3-6, 6-1, 10-5 victory over Teymuraz Gabashvili and Maxime Janvier.

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In the ATP Challenger in Turkey, Sriram Balaji in partnership with Hiroki Moriya of Japan lost the doubles quarterfinals after being two points away from winning the match at 5-2 in the second set tie-break, against second seeds Jamie Cerretani and Fabian Fallert, who prevailed 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-7.

• Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Shuai Zhang (Chn) & Sania Mirza bt Tayisiya Morderger & Yana Morderger (Ger) 6-2, 6-3.

• Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lucia Bronzetti (Ita) & Nika Radisic (Slo) bt Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) & Rutuja Bhosale 6-4, 6-4.

• Doubles (quarterfinals): Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Purav Raja bt Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus) & Maxime Janvier (Fra) 3-6, 6-1, [10-5].

• Doubles (quarterfinals): Jamie Cerretani (U.S.) & Fabian Fallert (Ger) bt Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) & Sriram Balaji 3-6, 7-6 (5), [10-7];
• Pre-quarterfinals: Hiroki Moriya & Sriram Balaji bt Chun-Hsin Tseng & Tung-Lin Wu (Tpe) 6-4, 6-1.

• Doubles (quarterfinals): Roberto Ortega-Olmedo & Carlos Sanchez Jover (Esp) w.o. Carlos Lopez Montagud (Esp) & Manish Sureshkumar.

• Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam bt Guy Orly Iradukunda (Bdi) 6-4, 6-4;
• First round: Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam bt Evgeny Philippov (Rus) 7-6 (4), 6-4.

• Doubles (quarterfinals): Enola Chiesa (Ita) & Sathwika Sama bt Nina Rudiukova & Anastasia Veselova (Rus) 6-4, 6-2.