Updated on Thursday, November 19, 2009, 18:22 IST Tags:Harsh Mankad

New Delhi: Bidding for his fourth ATP Challenger title of the season, Harsh Mankad has reached the quarter-finals of the doubles event of the Champaign event in the United States along with his partner Treat Conard Huey.

The second seeded Indo-Philippines pair scored a 6-4, 6-3 win over American Nicholas Monroe and Izak Van der Merwe of South Africa in the first round of the USD 50,000 hard court event.

However, Purav Raja and his British partner Richard Bloomfield crashed out after suffering a 0-6, 6-7(2) defeat against Dominic Inglot of Britain and American Rylan Rizza.

Bureau Report