Divij Sharan thread

[sameerph]

Divij and Balaji are playing together in a big challenger in Projstejov and have reached the final.

At $150K Prostejov Challenger, , Czech Republic

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) / N.Sriram Balaji (IND) d. Alex Bolt (AUS) / Marc Polmans (AUS) 36 63 10-6
[QF] Divij Sharan (IND) / N.Sriram Balaji (IND) d. (3) Andre Goransson (SWE) / Goncalo Oliviera (POR) 64 61
[SF] Divij Sharan (IND) / N.Sriram Balaji (IND) d. David Poljak (CZE) / Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) 61 75

Next,

[F] Divij Sharan (IND) / N.Sriram Balaji (IND) vs. Zdnek Kolar (CZE) / Lukas Rosol (CZE)

[sameerph]

They lost in a close final.

At $150K Prostejov Challenger, , Czech Republic

[F] Divij Sharan (IND) / N.Sriram Balaji (IND) l. Zdnek Kolar (CZE) / Lukas Rosol (CZE) 26 62 6-10

It will really help Balaji in particular in the rankings and will move him up to inside 130 in the doubles rankings.

[jaydeep]

Divij scored a win with Luke in the first round but they lost in the quarters in straight sets against the 2nd seed Aussie pair.

At $337K Astana Open 2020, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

[R1] Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt Ariel Behar (URU)/ Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) 75 46 10-6

[QF] Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Divij Sharan (IND) l (2) Max Purcell (AUS)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 36 57

[Dinesh]

Divij is continuing his partnership with Igor Zelenay and the pair will feature in the Montpellier ATP 250 event next week.

[Dinesh]

Divij/Zelenay seeded 4th in the Montpellier ATP 250 event, lost their first round match to Jonathan Elrich/Andrei Vasilevski pair in straight sets 7-5 6-3

[Dinesh]

Divij Sharan and Igor Zelenay snuck into the doubles qualification draw at the Rotterdam ATP 500 and won their first round match against local wildcards. One more win tomorrow will secure them a main draw berth.

[vishalg]

The match is currently being streamed live on tournament's YouTube page.
3 all in second set.

[sameerph]

They lost 3-6 5-7 in final qualifying round.

[Dinesh]

Anther first round loss for Divij and at the Marseille ATP. Divij need to find different partner ASAP

[prasen9]

Has anyone watched any of his matches and knows what is wrong? Is it his partner? Or that he has just got old/bad?

[PKBasu]

Divij has won just two doubles matches this year -- and just one victory that counts towards points, in the Melbourne tournament just before the AO, where he and Zelenay beat Duran/Ramos-Vinolas via a MTB, before losing to Martin/Chardy in R2. The other victory was in Q1 at Rotterdam (but they lost in the FQR). The bad run continued in Q1 at Dubai, when his old partnership with Yuki was revived, but they lost 67 57 to the second seeded pair. Divij needs to turn things around ASAP.

[Dinesh]

Divij listened to my constant whining - seen in the Cagliari ATP entry list with Matt Ebden. I love this pairing

Seed Names Rk ER
1 Rajeev Ram / Joe Salisbury 27 27
2 Marcelo Melo / Jean-Julien Rojer 43 43
3 Jonny O'Mara / Ken Skupski 110 110
4 Simone Bolelli / Andres Molteni 133 133
Matthew Ebden / Divij Sharan 138 138
Nathaniel Lammons / Jackson Withrow 173 173
Guillermo Duran / Guido Pella 179 148
Treat Huey / Frederik Nielsen 181 181
Roman Jebavy / Igor Zelenay 193 173
Lorenzo Sonego / Andrea Vavassori 262 120
Taylor Fritz / Tommy Paul 278 85
Nikoloz Basilashvili / Andre Begemann 350 142
Federico Coria / Daniel Evans 460 113
Marco Cecchinato / Stefano Travaglia - 160
(WC) -
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[PKBasu]

Ebden/Sharan definitely looks like a promising pairing. Let's hope they gel quickly and win some rounds at ATP Cagliari.

[Dinesh]

Divij is the top seed at the inaugural Belgrade 125 challenger along with another first time partner Santiago Gonzalez. The pair is up against Jonathan Elrich/Andrei Vasilevski.

[Dinesh]

And he lost 6-3 6-3. That’s the 6th first round exit for Divij this year.