India's Ramkumar Ramanathan enters men's doubles quarterfinals of Shenzhen Challenger Tennis tournament

India's Ramkumar Ramanathan advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinals of the Shenzhen Challenger Tennis tournament in China yesterday with compatriot Saketh Myneni. 

However, Ramanathan knocked out of the singles event. In his first ever meeting against Mohamed Sawat, the Indian ranked 121, lost the tight second round contest 6-7,4-6 to his Egyptian rival, ranked 202.

With his defeat, qualifier Sasi Kumar Mukund is the only Indian left in the singles draw. He will play against eighth seed Canadian Filip Peliwo



today.

Ramkumar and Myneni advanced to last-eight pairs stage with a 6-3 3-6 10-8 win over third seeds Mao-Xin Gong and Ze Zhang.

Also winning their opening round were top seeded Indians Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and N Sriram Balaji, who defeated Safwat and Aleksandr Nedovysov 7-5, 2-6, 10-7. 

At the Rolex Masters in Paris, India's Rohan Bopanna and Edouard Roger-Vasselin defeated Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop 7-6, 5-7, 10-5 to progress to the second round.