TENNIS NEWS - Former doubles winner Raven Klaasen was the last South African standing at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday, after Kevin Anderson crashed out of the prestigious ATP Tour contest in China.
Making a rare appearance in the doubles division, Anderson was eliminated in the second round with eight-time Grand Slam champion Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia.
They put up a fight in the first set but lost 5-7 2-6 to No 4 seeds Jamie Murray of Scotland and Bruno Soares of Brazil.
The lanky South African, who reached the final of the top-flight US Open last month, had gone down in a closely contested 6-7 6-7 defeat to German player Jan-Lennard Struff in round two of the singles competition on Wednesday.
Klaasen, meanwhile, remained in the hunt and was gearing up to join regular partner Rajeev Ram of the United States in the doubles quarter-finals on Friday.
