Rohan Bopanna stormed into the semifinals after shocking Pakistani second seed Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in straight sets in the USD 25,000 ATP Challenger in Manchester, England, on Saturday.
Bopanna, ranked 51 places below his doubles partner and rival at 233, won 6-4 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the grass court men’s tennis event.
It was a sweet revenge for ‘Bofors’ who had lost to Qureshi on both the occasions they had met before. The 27-year-old Indian will play Harel Levy of Israel in the semifinals.
Bopanna and Qureshi have already advanced to the doubles final after beating Australia’s Andrew Coelho and Adam Feeney 6-4 7-5 on Friday.
Meanwhile at the Comerica Challenger in Aptos, California, Prakash Amritraj shocked fifth seed Brunc Echagaray of Mexico 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the semifinals. Prakash will clash with American Donald Young, who beat fourth seed Alex Kuznetsov 7-5 6-4.
