Leander Paes, Purav Raja move to quarter-finals in Knoxville Challenger

Top seeded Indian team of Leander Paes and Purav Raja moved to the quarter-finals of the Knoxville Challenger but in-form Divij Sharan was ousted from the Bratislava event with his partner.

Paes and Raja, who are yet to win a title together since joining forces, advanced with a 6-2, 6-4 win over American team of Kevin King and



Bradley Klahn in just 55 minutes.

Sharan and his Russian partner Mikhail Elgin bowed out of the event following a 4-7, 7-6, 4-10 defeat against Sander Arends and Antonio Sancic in the last-eight pair stage.Sharan will now compete in two home events -- KPIT Challenger in Pune and the Bangalore Open.