Leander Paes and Scott Lipsky of the United States were beaten 6-4, 6-4 by second seeds Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Rajeev Ram of the United States in the quarterfinals of the €660,375 ATP Tour event on Wednesday.
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan fell to Andre Sa of Brazil and Michael Venus of New Zealand, losing 6-3, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Yuki loses
In the €127,000 Challenger in Nottingham, Yuki Bhambri missed a set point in the first set tie-break and went on to lose 7-6(8), 6-0 to fourth seed Thomas Fabbiano of Italy in the pre-quarterfinals.
Ramkumar advances
In the €127,000 Challenger in Caltanissetta (Italy), Ramkumar Ramanathan saved two set points in the tie-break to get past Sebastian Ofner of Austria 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(6).
Nine aces
Sixth seed Naomi Broady of Britain fired nine aces and converted three of six breakpoints to beat Ankita Raina 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the $100,000 ITF women’s event in Manchester.
Other results:
€43,000 Challenger men, Lisbon, Portugal: Singles (first round): Joao Domingues (Por) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-5, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF men, Hua Hin, Thailand: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sidharth Rawat bt Pruchya Isarow (Tha) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Denis Yevseyev (Kaz) & Karunuday Singh bt Michael Kwong (Hkg) & Ryota Tanuma (Jpn) 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF men, Harare, Zimbabwe:
Singles (first round): Zach Itzstein (Aus) bt Dhruv Sunish 6-7(9), 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Anurag Nenwani & Dhruv Sunish bt Dusty Boyer (US) & Hugo Largo (Esp) 6-3, 6-4.
Lucas Catarina (Mon) & Baptiste Crepatte (Fra) bt Aryan Goveas & Jayesh Pungliya 6-2, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF women, Gimcheon, Korea:
Singles (first round): Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) bt Prerna Bhambri 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
