Divij Sharan (twitter.com) Divij Sharan (twitter.com)India’s most stable doubles pairing, Divij Sharan and Purav Raja, have decided to split to give themselves a chance to qualify for the US Open. Raja will now team up with veteran Leander Paes for the upcoming tournaments, while Sharan will partner Andre Begemann of Germany. “We (Sharan and Raja) weren’t sure if we would make the cut at Winston-Salem Open (ATP 250) and US Open, so we decided to look for higher ranked partners for these two tournaments” says Sharan. “After Los Cabos, I realised that we might not make the cut,” says Raja. This year, they started off as finalists at the Chennai Open, and later went on to win Bordeaux Challenger.

Source: Indian Express August 19, 2017 19:52 UTC