ST PETERSBURG (RUSSIA): Rohan Bopanna of India and Denis Shapovalov of Canada defeated second seeded pair of Raven Klaasen of South Africa and Ben McLachian of Japan 7-5, 6-4 in the doubles pre-quarter-final round encounter of the ATP 250 $ 863, 705 St Petersburg Open in Russia.
LAS VEGAS: Fifth seed Mukung Sasikumar ousted alternate Evan King of USA 6-4, 6-3 in the qualifying singles first round match of the $ 52, 080 Las Vegas Open in USA. Mukund now meets American Alfredo Pervez in the final qualifying round and makes it to the main draw.
BREST (FRANCE): Indian pair N Sriram Balaji and Divij Sharan have been drawn to face top seeded duo of Denys Molchanov (Ukraine) and Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan in the doubles Round 16 in the € 66, 640 Open Brest-Crédit Agricole, France.