Paes wins first match after returning to Tour; three other Indians also advance

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 19 2018 | 10:05 PM IST

Veteran Indian star Leander Paes, who missed the entire clay and the grass court season, made a winning return to competitive tennis with American partner Jamie Cerretani at the ATP Hall of Fame Open in Newport.

Paes, playing his first match since creating the Davis Cup world record in February for most number of wins in doubles, and Cerretani, defeated Luke Bambridge and Jonny O'Mara 6-4 6-3 in their opening round of the USD 623,710
Also advancing to the quarterfinals was in-form Divij Sharan, who along with partner
Third seeds Purav Raja and Ken Skupski also moved to the last-eight with

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First Published: Jul 19 2018 | 10:05 PM IST

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