Rutuja in doubles quarterfinals

Rutuja Bhosale had a good start in the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis here, as she won the doubles pre-quarterfinals with Peangtarn Plipuech of Thailand. Rutuja and Peangtarn beat Mia Kupres and Marina Stakusic of Canada 6-2, 6-3.

In the Challenger in Peru, sixth seed Sumit Nagal was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by Orlando Luz of Brazil in the second round, after a bye in the first.

In the Challenger in China, Vishnu Vardhan and Toshihide Matsui of Japan beat the fourth seeds Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul of France in straight sets.

The results: $54,160 Challenger, Lima, Peru: Second round: Orlando Luz (Bra) bt Sumit Nagal 6-1, 6-4.

$54,160 Challenger, Liuzhou, China: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Toshihide Matsui (Jpn) & Vishnu Vardhan bt Sadio Doumbia & Fabien Reboul (Fra) 6-3, 7-6(6).

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh: First round: Woiciech Marek (Pol) bt Aryan Goveas 6-2 (retired); Haadin Bava bt Piotr Matuszewski (Pol) 7-5, 6-3.

$60,000 ITF women, Saguenay, Canada: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Mia Kupres & Marina Stakusic (Can) 6-2, 6-3.