India’s number two doubles tennis player Divij Sharan along with his New Zealand partner Artem Sitak entered the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach Open Tennis tournament. Sharan-Sitak came back strongly against Andre Goransson of Sweden and Ugo Humbert of France, winning 5-7, 6-4,10-7 after losing the first set. Now on Friday, Sharan-Sitak will face top-seeded US pairs of the Brayan brothers i.e Mike and Bob Bryan.
The Indo- Kiwi pair of Sharan and Sitak lost the first set by a very close margin of 5-7. However, the Indo-Kiwi pair bounced back with a strong comeback against the Swedish-French pair of Andre Goransson and Ugo Humbert winning 75% of their first-serve points and force a decider by winning the second set 7-6. The Indo-Kiwi pair of Sharan and Sitak then managed to pull curtains on the Swedish-French pair by winning the third set 10-7.
After the match, Divij Sharan said that it was a tough match and now he wants to do good in the quarterfinal clash against the Brayan brothers.
“It was indeed a tough match. We came back really well in the second set. Looking forward to the quarter-finals,” Divij said.
The Brayan brothers from the US advanced into the quarterfinals after they were handed a walkover by their opponents Nick Kyrgios and Jordan Thompson of Australia.
On the other hand, Divij’s would-be doubles partner for the Olympics Rohan Bopanna had to face disappointment after he was knocked out of the Open 13 tournament in Marseille. Bopanna who had paired up with Canada’s Dani Shapovalov was shown the door by the pair of Denmark’s Frederik Nielsen and Tim Putz of Germany at the ATP 250 event in the men’s doubles quarter-finals.
The seasoned Indian tennis player Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Denis Shapovalov suffered a 5-7, 7-6, 8-10 loss to Frederik Nielsen and Tim Putz at the ATP 250 event.
