LOUGHBOROUGH (UK): Indian Davis Cupper
Divij Sharan and his partner Purav Raja overcame a stiff resistance from James Cluskey and Marcus Daniell to advance to the quarter-finals of the ATP Challenger event.
The fourth seeded Indian pair recorded a 6-4, 6-4 win over the unseeded Ireland-Kiwi pair in the first round of the Euro 42,500 hard court tournament.
The Indians next face Niels Desein of Belgium and Peter Torebko of Germany.