Multiple Grand Slam champion and former World No.1 doubles star Leander Paes and Sam Groth of Australia made the doubles quarterfinals of the $75,000 men’s Challenger in Leon, Mexico.
They squeezed their way past Joao Souza of Brazil and Yuichi Sugita of Japan 6-2, 4-6, 12-10 and will play Andre Ghem and Fabrico Neis of Brazil in the quarterfinals.
In the $10,000 ITF men’s Futures in Bahrain, Kunal Anand survived three matchpoints as he bounced back from being down 3-5 in the decider to beat Aria Harajchi of Switzerland 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in the pre-quarterfinals.
The results: $75,000 Challenger men, Leon, Mexico: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sam Groth (Aus) & Leander Paes bt Joao Souza (Bra) & Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) 6-2, 4-6, 12-10.
$10,000 ITF men, Manama, Bahrain: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Kunal Anand bt Aria Harajchi (Sui) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
