After one win and a walk-over, Divij Sharan and Purav Raja of India have progressed to the semifinal of the ATP Challenger tennis tournament in Kunming, China. The third seeded Indian pair, looking for its second title of the season, carved out a hard fought 4-6, 6-3, 10-7 win over Hsin-Han Lee and Hsien-Yin Peng of Chinese Taipei in the opening round. The Indians were supposed to play Marco Chiudinelli of Switzerland and Tatsuma Ito of Japan in the quarter finals but Ito pulled out due to a broken tooth, so they advanced to the last-four pair stage. They now face the winners of the quarter-final match between second seeded Australian pair of Samuel Groth and John-Patrick Smith and Chinese combo of Xin Gao and Zhe Li.
News On AIR | May 9, 2013 9:27 PM
ATP Challenger Tennis: Sharan, Raja progress to semifinal stage