{"id":16044,"date":"2013-06-20T05:01:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T05:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16044"},"modified":"2013-06-20T05:01:48","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T05:01:48","slug":"divij-purav-make-it-to-main-draw-of-wimbledon-doubles-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16044","title":{"rendered":"Divij, Purav make it to main draw of Wimbledon doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-5538\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tennis.jpg\" alt=\"tennis\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" height=\"156\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tennis.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tennis-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>London: India&#8217;s Divij Sharan and his partner Purav Raja have made it to the main draw of Wimbledon doubles event here on Wednesday. The fourth seeded Indian pair received a walkover from their second round opponents, Andreas Haider-Maurer from Austria and Jiri Vesely of Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>In what could be a great career boos for the Indians, Divij Sharan and Purav Raja will be making their first ever appearance at a Grand Slam. Their entry into the main draw has increased the Indian representation in the Wimbledon doubles as Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna are already there in the fray.\n<\/p>\n<p>Divij and Purav have made four finals, winning the Kyoto event and ending runners-up at Nottingham, Johannesburg and Leon, Mexio this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-5538\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tennis.jpg\" alt=\"tennis\" style=\"margin: 4px; float: left;\" height=\"156\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tennis.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/tennis-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>London: India&#8217;s Divij Sharan and his partner Purav Raja have made it to the main draw of Wimbledon doubles event here on Wednesday. The fourth seeded Indian pair received a walkover from their second round opponents, Andreas Haider-Maurer from Austria and Jiri Vesely of Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>In what could be a great career boos for the Indians, Divij Sharan and Purav Raja will be making their first ever appearance at a Grand Slam. Their entry into the main draw has increased the Indian representation in the Wimbledon doubles as Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna are already there in the fray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Divij, Purav make it to main draw of Wimbledon doubles - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=16044\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Divij, Purav make it to main draw of Wimbledon doubles - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"London: India&#039;s Divij Sharan and his partner Purav Raja have made it to the main draw of Wimbledon doubles event here on Wednesday. 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