Lucky losers Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni beat Marcelo Melo and Alexnader Zverev 6-3, 7-5 within the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $3,020,535 ATP tennis event in Dubai on Tuesday.
The Indian pair had misplaced within the second and ultimate qualifying spherical of the doubles earlier, however bought fortunate to make the primary occasion.
The champions of the final event, Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden, had been crushed by the highest seeds Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 7-5, 4-6, 10-7 within the first spherical.
The outcomes:
$3,020,535 ATP, Dubai, UAE: Doubles (Pre-quarterfinals): Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic (Cro) bt Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden (Aus) 7-5, 4-6, [10-7]; Yuki Bhambri & Saketh Myneni bt Marcelo Melo (Bra) & Alexander Zverev (Ger) 6-3, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (first spherical): Wang Jiaqi (Chn) bt Sravya Shivani 6-1, 6-2; Paris Corley (USA) bt Jennifer Luikham 6-1, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Kuching, Malaysia: Doubles (Pre-quarterfinals): Feng Shuo & Guo Meiqi (Chn) bt Natalia Fehr (Sui) & Snehal Mane 6-0, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Antalya, Turkey: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rikke De Koning (Ned) & Daria Lodikova bt Alexandra Diana Braga (Rou) & Annika Kannan 6-1, 6-2.