New Delhi: Three Indians including last week's finalist Vishnu Vardhan and teen sensation Yuki Bhambri made the singles semifinal grade in the USD ITF Futures tournament.
Top seed Vishnu eased into the last-four stage with a 6-2, 6-4 win over seventh seed Dutch Peter Lucassen in the quarterfinal at the DLTA Complex.
Second seed Yuki, reigning junior Australian Open champion, faced stiff resistance from fifth seed Briton before prevailing 7-6(5), 6-3 in his last-eight clash.
The third Indian to advance to the semifinals was K Balakrishnan, who defeated Korean qualifier Jae-Won Choi 6-4, 6-1. Balakrishnan and Yuki will fight it out for a place in the summit clash.
In a repeat of last week's final, Vishnu and Korea's third seed Young-Jun Kim will clash in the semifinal.
Kim ousted reigning national champion Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-2, 6-4.
In the doubles event, last week's winners and top seeds Ashutosh Singh and Vishnu crashed out after losing their semifinal 4-6, 6-4, 4-10 to British pair of Tim Bradshaw and Max Jones.
The Britons will next face third seed Indian pair of Rupesh roy and Vivek Shokeen, who battled past Koreans Young-Jae and Young-Jae 6-4, 3-6, 10-4 in the semifinals.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 17:00