Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
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Re: Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
Nah, not too harsh. I agree that by Indian standards they are ok although we've had a surfeit of better tennis doubles rankings even in India. Therefore, even by that standard, asking for special recognition is hardly justified. Oh, the casual fans can easily rattle ten more singles name outside the top-10. I'm quite sure of that.
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Thanks a lot Vishnu!VReddy wrote:Nice article, Vatsal! You are really doing great work with Indian Tennis Daily, SportsKeeda, Player fan pages - great to see the progress . You rock!
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Yes, Vatsal. I second Vishnu and congratulate you on your awesome work.
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Re: Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
That may well be true, but Paes manages to be much more well known in the tennis fraternity than most doubles stars. In this country, it is due in large part to the mixed doubles partnerships with Navratilova.PKBasu wrote:From my experience in Singapore with fellow members of the tennis club I play at, everybody has heard of Leander Paes.
I concur that most casual tennis fans I've encountered know none of the top doubles players except the Bryan brothers.
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Re: Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
Played tennis today with a Brazilian (from Belo Horizonte) who not only knew of Leander Paes (and the qualities that made him such a good player, in singles and doubles) but also could point to all the Brazilians who had partnered Sania in Mixed Doubles. (Bruno Soares, Melo and Andres Sa are all from Belo Horizonte, which helps…I also cannot resist mentioning that I beat him 60 60, probably the best club player I have ever double bageled!).
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Re: Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
Haha PKB. We should play someday. When are you in Calcutta next?
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Re: Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
WIth Chennai ATP runner up finish both Divij and Purav are at their new career high's - Divij at 55 and Purav 61. It will be interesting to see how they do at the Australian open .
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Re: Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
Purav and Divij r top-seed at Quimper challenger ... Facing Jonathan Eysseric, who was one-half of the pair who defeated them at Australian open first round, and his partner Sergiy Stakhovsky.
At $50K+H Quimper Challenger 2017, France
[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
At $50K+H Quimper Challenger 2017, France
[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
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Re: Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
DiPu managed to squeeze through to R2 with a close win in their opener.
At $50K+H Quimper Challenger 2017, France
[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) d. Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-7(4), 6-3, [11-9].
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At $50K+H Quimper Challenger 2017, France
[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) d. Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-7(4), 6-3, [11-9].
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Re: Divij Sharan / Purav Raja (pair) thread ...
In end really tough fighting win for Purav-Divij against Eysseric-Stakhovsky ... Next they r facing Behar-Golubev.
At $50K+H Quimper Challenger 2017, France
[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs Ariel Behar (URU)/ Andrey Golubev (KAZ)
At $50K+H Quimper Challenger 2017, France
[QF] (1) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Purav (IND) vs Ariel Behar (URU)/ Andrey Golubev (KAZ)