Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan defeated Evgeny Karlovskiy and Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(6), 6-4 to make the quarterfinals of the €73,000 Challenger tennis match in Madrid.

In one other Challenger in Split, Croatia, Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth made the doubles semifinals with a walkover.

The outcomes:

€73,000 Challenger, Madrid: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Evgeny Karlovskiy & Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(6), 6-4.

€73,000 Challenger, Split, Croatia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth w/o Diego Hidalgo (Ecu) & Cristian Rodriguez (Col).

$25,000 ITF males, Sharm El Sheikh: First spherical: Samuel Vincent Ruggeri (Ita) bt Mukund Sasikumar 6-4, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF ladies, Bujumbura, Burundi: Pre-quarterfinals: Tiffany William (GBR) bt Smriti Bhasin 6-3, 6-1; Doubles (quarterfinals): Ksenia Laskutova & Fanny Ostlund (Swe) bt Sravya Shivani & Tiffany William (GBR) 6-4, 6-2.