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Purav Raja interview by Vatsal : http://indiantennisdaily.com/2018/01/27 ... urav-raja/

I searched if Purav has a player thread (from my phone) but couldn’t find it.

Purav and M Demoliner are seeded #1 at the Ecuador Open.

Moved this to Purav's thread. Quite surprising that Leander is not playing at Quito. It looks like he will continue at US challengers.

For this week, Purav has got a very good partner though who is ranked 43 in the world and it looks like a weak draw at Quito with Purav-Demoliner being top seeds. Hope they make most of it.

So LeePu over??

This week Purav is playing with Demoliner in Ecuador and they r facing French pair.

At $561K Ecuador Open 2018, Quito

[R1] (1) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (WC) Dorian Descloix (FRA)/ Gael Monfils (FRA)

1ST RD - (WC) Dorian Descloix/Gael Monfils DEFEATS (1)Marcelo Demoliner/Purav Raja 6-7(2), 6-4, 14-12

https://twitter.com/TennisTV/status/961357441538473984

https://twitter.com/eduandinoe/status/9 ... 7125268480

This week, Purav is playing at US Clay Court tournament with his old partner, Fabrice Martin ... They r facing Skupski brothers in the first round.

At U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship 2018, Houston, Texas, USA

[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) vs Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR)

At U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship 2018, Houston, Texas, USA

[R1] Fabrice Martin (FRA)/ Puraj Raja (IND) l. Ken Skupski (GBR)/ Neal Skupski (GBR) : 1-6, 6-7

Except for the great show at Australian open along with Leander, it has been downhill for Purav this year so far. I thought this could be a good partnership for him with his old partner who has now risen to top 40. But, not to be. Needs to find some wins soon to maintain his rankings.

At $100K Odlum Brown Van Open, Vancouver, Canada (Hard)

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND) / Austin Krajicek (NED) d. Ruan Roelofse (RSA) / Luke Saville (AUS) : 6-3, 6-4

A confident start for Purav with Rameez as they scored back to back comfortable wins ... In the semis, they r facing the 3rd seeds Elgin and Shyla.

At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

[R1] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (PR) Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO)/ Lucas Miedler (AUT) 62 63
[QF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt Tuna Altuna (TUR)/ Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 61 61

[SF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (3) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR)

Purav and Rameez r in the final ... They defeated Elgin and Shyla in the match tie-break ... In the final, they r facing the 2nd seeds Khabibulin and Manafov.

At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

[SF] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (3) Mikhail Elgin (RUS)/ Yaraslav Shyla (BLR) 62 46 10-7

[F] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (2) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Vladyslav Manafov (UKR)

At $75K+H Istanbul Challenger 2018,Turkey

Purav and Rameez needed a MTB (saving 3 match points) to win the Istanbul Challenger.

[F] (1) Rameez Junaid (AUS)/ Purav Raja (IND) d. (2) Timur Khabibulin (KAZ)/ Vladyslav Manafov (UKR) : 7-6, 4-6, 10-7

Congratulations to Purav and partner for delivering some good news on the tennis front this week.

Always nice to have an Indian winner in a Challenger. Congrats to Purav!