Paes & Purav fight back

Top seeds Leander Paes and Purav Raja bounced back from 4-1 down to beat lucky losers Alexander Brown and Ezekiel Clark of the United States 6-4, 6-1 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $75,000 Challenger tennis tournament.

In the $125,000 WTA Taipei Open, Prarthana Thombare and Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand were beaten 6-2, 4-6, [10-8] by Monique Adamczak and Naomi Broady in the super tie-break in the quarterfinals.

Other results:

$60,000 ITF women, Toyota, Japan: Pre-quarterfinals: Miharu Imanishi (Jpn) bt Ankita Raina 6-3, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Kuwait: Pre-quarterfinals: Maximilian Neuchrist (Aut) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Anirudh & P.C. Vignesh bt Isa Mammetgulyyev (Tkm) & Anurag Nenwani 6-4, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF men, Thu Dau Mot City, Vietnam: Doubles (quarterfinals): Vasisht Cheruku & Sasi Kumar Mukund bt Alberto Lim (Phi) & Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 6-3, 0-6, [10-8].