Divij Sharan thread

[sameerph]

Divij partnered with Arends again this week at Lyon but they lost to fourth seeds in first round.

At Lyon ATP 250, France (Clay)

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) / Sander Arends (NED) l. (4) Hugo Nys (MON) / Tim Puetz (GER) 63 26 1-10

Started well but fell away thereafter.

[sameerph]

Yet another first round loss for Divij with a new partner.

At ATP 250 Belgrade, Serbia(Clay)

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) / John-Patrick Smith (AUS) l. Andre Goranson (SWE)/ Rafael Matos (BRA) 46 75 6-10

[sameerph]

Divij lost in a close match in Metz ATP.

At Moselle Open, Metz, France (Hard)

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) / Jonny O'Mara (GBR) l. Hunter Resse (USA) / Sam Verbeek (NED) 63 36 8-10

Divij is now ranked 109 in doubles rankings and has further big points to defend in next couple of weeks. So, he will find it hard to make it to the ATP main draws now and will have to make it back up from the challenger tour.

[sameerph]

Divij and Bala played together this week in France but lost in first round.

At Moilleron-Li-Captif challenger 90, France

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) / N. Sriram Balaji (IND) l. Jonathan Essyric (FRA) / Quentin Hayles (FRA) 46 63 6-10

[suresh]

I wish our doubles players would find regular partners. This one and done business is not working.

[vparam]

Another loss for Divij. That’s 10 straight!

[prasen9]

The last 4 in this thread are all in tiebreakers. Maybe a bit of mental tightening is in order? A few sessions with a sports psychologist?

[vparam]

Today was a 3-6, 5-7 loss so no tiebreaker involved.

[sameerph]

For the record full score-

At Brest Challenger 90, France

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) / N. Sriram Balaji (IND) l. (1) Denys Molchanov (UKR) / Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ) 36 57

Admittedly, they got a tough draw against top seeds.

[sameerph]

Make it 11 straight losses for Divij.

At Bergamo Challenger 90, Italy

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND) / N. Sriram Balaji (IND) l. Fransesco Forti (ITA) / Federico Gaio (ITA) 64 67(2) 11-13

[vparam]

So sad!

[vparam]

Break out the fireworks! Divij finally wins a match!!

[suresh]

Break out the fireworks! Divij finally wins a match!!

Score? Who is his partner?

Edit: Found it (via ITD)

ATP Peugeot Slovak Open, Bratislava, Slovakia:

Divij Sharan/N. Sriram Balaji are through to the QFs with an excellent win over the 3rd seeds David Pel/Sem Verbeek 6-3 6-4.

[sameerph]

Divij and Bala lost in SF this week.

At Bratislava Challenger 90, Slovakia

[R1] Divij Sharan (IND) / N. Sriram Balaji (IND) d. (3) David Pel (NED) /Sem Verbeek (NED)

[QF] Divij Sharan (IND) / N. Sriram Balaji (IND) d. (WC) Peter Ned (SVK) / Peter Benjamin Privara (SVK) 63 63

[SF] Divij Sharan (IND) / N. Sriram Balaji (IND) l. (2) Denys Molchanov (UKR) / Alexander Nedovyesov (KAZ) 26 36

They are playing Helsinki Challenger next week where Balaji is also playing in singles qualies today.

[sameerph]

Yet another first round loss for Divij with new partner.

At Mexico City Challenger 125 (Red Clay)

[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND) / Goncalo Oliviera (POR) l. Mateus Alves (BRA) / Ernest Escobedo (USA) 75 57 8-10