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Rupesh and Ranjeet to clash in ITF Futures quarters

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.

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

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