ATP Challenger Tennis: Sharan, Raja progress to semifinal stage

Divij Sharan and Purav Raja overcame a wobbly start to put up a good fight but eventually lost the semifinals of the USD 125,000 ATP Challenger tournament to Samuel Groth and John-Patrick Smith, here.

Johannesburg: Divij Sharan and Purav Raja extended their good run of the season to the semi-finals of the ATP Challenger event, after beating Brazilian pair of Fabiano De Paula and Thales Turini in straight sets. They earned a hard fought 6-3, 7-6(3) win ...

The second-seeded Divij Sharan and Purav Raja made the doubles final of the Soweto Open $100,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday.In the final, the Indi...

Divij Sharan and Purav Raja had to be content with yet another runners-up finish after losing the title clash of the ATP Soweto Open to Prakash Amritraj and Rajeev Ram in Johannesburg. Playing their third final The second seeded Divij and Purav fought their heart out against an unseeded but a formidable Indo-American pairing before losing 6-7 (1), 6-7 (1) in the final of the $100000 hard court Challenger. Divij and Purav had won the Kyoto event in March while they had ended runners-up last ...

New Delhi, Apr 12 (PTI) Divij Sharan and Purav Raja made a spectacular comeback to shock third seeds Rajeev Ram and Benjamin Becker and storm into the semifinals of the ATP Challenger event in Guadalajara, Mexico here today. The unseeded Indian pair ...

Divij Sharan and Purav Raja fought valiantly before losing to Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland and Peter Gojowczyk of Germany in the semifinals of the ATP Challenger event, here. The Indians lost the last-four stage match of the clay court ...

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