Sharan in fil round of qualifying at Tashkent Challenger

Tashkent, Oct 10: Indian tennis player Divij Sharan used all his experience to register a close 6-4,3-6,6-2 win over Uzbek Sardor Pulatov to scamper into the fil qualifying rounds at the $125,000 Tashkent ATP Challenger at the Olympic tennis School here on Saturday.

In another match of the second round of the qualifying, Khumoun Sultanov upset fifth seeded and 657th ranked New Zealand Davis Cupper Michael Venus 7-6 (0), 6-3.

In a clash of Ikramovs, Saida’lo registered a credible 6-2, 7-5 win over eighth seeded compatriot and seasoned campaigner Sarvar to make the fil round. IANS