Tennis Tennis Sharan-Lipsky pair in Sofia Open semis Divij Sharan in partnership with Scott Lipsky reached the doubles semifinal of the Sofia Open in Bulgaria on Friday. Team Sportstar 09 February, 2018 21:02 IST Divij Sharan and Scott Lipsky will next face the team of Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop in the semis. - Twitter @divijsharan Team Sportstar 09 February, 2018 21:02 IST The pair of Divij Sharan and Scott Lipsky advanced to the semifinal of th Sofia Open with a 6-4, 6-7, 10-5 win over Romain Arneodo and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Friday.The duo next face the team of Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop in the semis, the winner of which will take on Nikola Mektic and Alexander Peya in the final.Jeevan-Christopher continue fine runJeevan Nedunchezhiyan, seeded third with Christopher Rungkat, continued with his fine run in the Challenger circuit, as he made the semifinalsof the $100,000 San Francisco Open in the US.Jeevan and partner are scheduled to face the second seeds Luke Bambridge and Joe Salisbury of Britain in the semifinals.Raja-Demoliner pair beaten in Ecuador In the $561,345 ATP Tour event in Ecuador, Purav Raja, seeded No.1 with Marcelo Demoliner of Brazil was beaten 14-12 in the super tie-break of the doubles pre-quarterfinals, by the French wild cards Dorian Descloix and Gael Monfils.The results:€501,345, ATP, Sofia, BulgariaDoubles (quarterfinal): Divij Sharan and Scott Lipsky bt Romain Arneodo and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6-4, 6-7, 10-5.$561,345 ATP, Quito, EcuadorDoubles (pre-quarterfinals): Dorian Descloix & Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Marcello Demoliner (Bra) & Purav Raja 6-7(2), 6-4, [14-12].$100,000 Challenger men, San Francisco, USDoubles (quarterfinals): Christopher Rungkat (Ina) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Dennis Novikov (US) & Goncalo Oliveira (Por) 4-6, 6-1 [11-9]; Pre-quarterfinals: Christopher Rungkat & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Andre Goransson (Swe) & Florian Lakat (Fra) 6-4, 4-6, [10-7]. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address.