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Jeevan & Brunstrom in last eight

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Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Johan Brunstrom of Sweden reached the quarterfnals with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over the Polish duo of Kamil Majchrzak and Grzegorz Panfil in the €43,000 Challenger on Wednesday.

In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in Artvin (Turkey), Karman Kaur Thandi could not seal victory after resuming the third set at 5-5 deuce against Anastasiya Vasylyeva of Ukraine in the first round.

The results: First round:

€43,000 Challenger: Manerbio, Italy: Johan Brunstrom (Swe) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Kamil Majchrzak & Grzegorz Panfil (Pol) 6-2, 6-4.

$60,000 ITF women, Artvin, Turkey: Anastasiya Vasylyeva (Ukr) bt Karman Kaur Thandi 6-7(10), 6-3, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF men, Ueberlingen, Germany: Erik Crepaldi (Ita) bt Kunal Anand 6-3, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Rotterdam, Netherlands: Amelie Intert (Ger) bt Dhruthi Venugopal 6-1, 6-4.

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