Zeel Desai was in top form as she outplayed the No. 1 seed Angelica Moratelli of Italy 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament here on Friday.
In the $320,775 Murray River Open ATP event in Melbourne, Divij Sharan and Igor Zelenay of Slovakia lost to fifth-seeds Jermey Chardy and Fabrice Martin of France 7-6(5), 6-4.
The results: $320,775 ATP, Melbourne, Australia: Quarterfinals: Jeremy Chardy & Fabrice Martin (Fra) bt Igor Zelenay (Svk) & Divij Sharan 7-6(5), 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: Quarterfinals: Zeel Desai bt Angelica Moratelli (Ita) 6-1, 6-2; Second round: Zeel Desai bt Kathleen Kanev (Ger) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF men, Villena, Spain: Quarterfinals: Dan Added (Fra) & Arjun Kadhe w/o. Jelle Sels & Tim Van Rijthoven (Ned).
