Divij Sharan, on Thursday, was the only Indian left in the ATP Challenger tournament in Kaohsiung after moving to the quarter-finals with doubles partner, American Scott Lipsky.
The feft-handed Sharan and Lipsky, who are top seeds, comprehensively beat the local wild card pair of Jui-Chen Hung and Cheng-Yu Yu 6-1, 6-4 in a contest that lasted for just 50 minutes.
The Indo-American pair will face another local wild card pair, Yu Hsiou Lu and Tung-Lin Wu for a place in the last four. Earlier, Sumit Nagal bowed out of the tournament after losing his first round match 4-6, 2-6 to Romanian Marius Copil while Yuki Bhambri lost 3-6, 3-6 to Australia’s John Millman.
Vishnu Vardhan and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan lost their first round match 2-6, 4-6 to USA’s James Cerretani and Australia’s Marc Polmans, who were second seeds.
Bopanna, Cuevas bow out
Elsewhere, veteran Rohan Bopanna and doubles partner Argentine Pablo Cuevas were stunned in the quarter-finals of the China Open.
The Indo-Argentine duo were all at see after a posting a convincing first round win to crash to a slender 5-7, 6-7 (6-8) defeat to Australia’s John Peers and Finland’s Henri Kontinen in was a nail-biting contest.
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