Purav Raja thread...

[sameerph]

Purav played qualies at in Italy challenger today but lost in first round.

At $50K Vicenza challenger, Italy ( Clay)

[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,1175) l. (2) Gonzalo Lama (CHI,266) 46 67(6)

Not a bad match against top 300 South American on clay. Purav is playing some good singles these days although not getting many opportunities.

Purav is playing here means he has given up hope of making French Open doubles draw. Lets see if Divij plays with him here or is still hopeful of making the doubles draw with another partner.

[slice]

RAJA, Purav playing with DEMOLINER, Marcelo and they are seeded No 1.
Divj Sharan is not in the doubles draw.

[Omkara]

Where is Dvij? FO?

[sameerph]

As Prashanthm said in FO thread, Divij with his partner are 2 out as alternates. So, I guess he may be waiting around at Roland Garros hoping for a couple of withdrawals.

[prashanthm]

$50K Vicenza challenger, Italy ( Clay)

Close loss for the top seeded pair...

[R1] (1) Purav Raja (IND,89) / Marcelo Demoliner (BRA,118) l. Martin Alund (ARG,253) / Guido Pella (ARG,203) 67(3) 76(3) 01(7)

[Tolamu]

Top seed jinx for Purav/Divij/both continues. Over-ranked??

[sameerph]

At $75K Nottingham-2 challenger, Great Britain

[Q1] Purav Raja (IND,1167) d. Eduardo Struvay (COL,415) 62 63

Good win against higher ranked player and he will play Q2 match today itself.

[Q2] Purav Raja (IND,1167) vs. (2) Nick Kyrgios (AUS,160)

[Omkara]

Purav has a good serve volley play like bopanna... He might put up a good fight against this guy

[PKBasu]

Excellent win for Purav against a far higher-ranked player. He does have an excellent grass court game, but the young Aussie probably has one too.

[vatsal323]

Purav lost 0-6 1-6 to Kyrgios. Saw it coming.

[Sin Hombre]

The Colombian probably has very little experience on grass.

[jaydeep]

Purav-Demoliner r playing in Stuttgart open against Golubev-Mertinak .. Good to see in last few week Purav having steady partner in Demoliner.

At €486K Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Michal Mertinak (SLO)

[PKBasu]

Purav lost 0-6 1-6 to Kyrgios. Saw it coming.

I didn't realize that Kyrgios had actually played the qualifiers in Nottingham, before taking that Challenger title -- which earned him the main-draw wildcard at Wimbledon, and led to his 4-set thrashing of Nadal.

[PKBasu]

Purav's R1 doubles match in the Mercedes Cup is the last match on the Grandstand Court today (should be around 4pm there).

[sameerph]

After rain delay on last 2 days, Purav's match was finally played today and they won the first round.

At €486K Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany

[R1] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) d. Andrey Golubev (KAZ)/ Michal Mertinak (SLO) 76(0) 46 10-8

Next,

[QF] Purav Raja (IND)/ Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) vs. Gullermo Garcia Lopez (ESP) / Philip Oswald (AUT)