Houston Open: Balaji-Begemann pair knocks out top seeds to reach quarterfinals

Sriram Balaji, in partnership with Andre Begemann, beat top seeds Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram 3-6, 7-6(5), [10-6] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the ATP 250 event in Houston, USA.

The Indo-German pair was scheduled to face the Indian pair of Arjun Kadhe and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in the quarterfinals.

At the ATP 250 event in Marrakech, Morocco, the Indo-French duo of Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti reached the men’s doubles semifinals with a 7-6(5), 6-7(1), [10-7] win over third-seeded pair of Nicolas Barrientos (Colombia) and Rafael Matos (Brazil).

In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in Split, Croatia, Prarthana Thombare in partnership with Valentina Grammatikopoulou made the doubles semifinals.