New Delhi: Ashutosh Singh and national
champion Ranjeet Virali Murugesan are heading towards a
possible final showdown after fashioning conatrasting wins to
reach the singles semifinals of the USD 10,000 ITF men's
Futures here today.
Unseeded Ashutosh came from behind to oust fifth seed
Rohan Gajjar 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in his quarterfinal while Ranjeet
outplayed eighth seed Rupesh Roy 6-1, 6-2 in his last-eight
stage match at the DLTA courts.
Ashutosh will take on sixth seed Japanese Kento Takeuchi,
who edged past lucky loser Karunuday Singh 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 in a
hard-fought match.
Ranjeet will clash with title favourite and second seed
Korean Kim Young-Jun, who ended brilliant run of wild card J
Nedunchezhiyan with a hard eared 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 win.
Meanwhile, top seeded Ashutosh and Vishnu Vardhan set up
the doubles title clash with second seeds Gajjar and Briton
Chris Eaton.
Ashutosh and Vishnu had a tough time against unseeded
compatriots Fariz Mohammed and V Peranamallur Chandrasekhar
but prevailed 3-6, 6-2, 10-6 in the semifinals.
The second seeds also had to toil hard to beat fourth
seeds N Prashanth and Mithun Murali 6-1, 4-6, 10-5 in their
last-four stage match.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, September 03, 2009, 19:13