New Delhi: Rupesh Roy and national champion
Ranjeet Virali Murugesan scored hard earned victories to set
up the singles quarterfinal clash of the USD 10,000 ITF men's
Futures event here today.
Eighth seed Rupesh had a roller-coaster second round
match against Vijayant Malik, who fought hard but ran out of
steam to lose 7-6(1), 2-6, 1-6 in the hard court event.
Ranjeet overcame a second set lapse to beat Phillipines'
wild card Johnny Arcilla 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-0 in his second round
clash.
Former National champion Ashutosh Singh and fifth seed
Rohan Gajjar also advanced when their rivals retired mid-way.
Ashutosh was leading 6-4, 2-0 against Max Jones when the
Briton opted out of contest.
Rohan advanced when his unseeded opponent Rohan Gide
threw in towel while trailing 1-5 in the first set.
Another Indian advancing to the next stage was lucky
loser Karunuday Singh, who defeated Korean qualifier
Seong-Yoon Chung 6-4, 6-1. He will take on sixth seed Japanese
Kento Takeuchi.
Second seed Young-Jun Kim of Korea saw off the challenge
of Mithun Murali 6-1, 6-4.
Meanwhile, Indian wild card J Nedunchezhiyan continued
his brilliant run with a hard fought win over Malaysian
qualifier Ywe-Ming Si.
J Nedunchezhiyan, who had ousted seventh seed Dutch Peter
Lucassen, came from behind to score a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5) win in
his second round.
Bureau Report
First Published: Wednesday, September 02, 2009, 19:06