JOIN US Davis Cupper Vishnu Vardhan knocked out fourth seed Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-4, 6-4 to enter the semifinals of the Mysore Minerals Ltd Men’s ITF $ 10,000 Mandya Open singles event here on Thursday.
The eighth-seeded Vishnu will take on top seed Antoine Escoffier of France who posted a 7-5, 6-4 victory over Chinese Taipe’s Jui-Chen Jung in the quarterfinals.
An Indian is assured of being in the final, from the bottom half of the draw. In a battle between unseeded players, Lucknow’s Ronit Singh Bist edged out Delhi’s Sidarth Rawat 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4) in a marathon encounter to move up.
Bist will take on No 3 seed Karunuday Singh who prevailed over seventh seed Vinayak Sharma Kaza 7-6 (3), 6-4.
The doubles final, to be played on Friday, will see second seeds Avnit Bendre and Akash Wagh battling it out with the Indo-Chinese Taipei pair of Jui-Chen Hung and Sasi Kumar Mukund.
In the semifinals, Bendre and Wagh rallied from a set down to defeat Haadin Bava and Tejas Chaukulkar 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 while Hung and Mukund posted a 6-2, 6-7 (5), 10-6 win over Chandril Sood and Lakshit Sood.
Results: (Prefix denotes seeding, Indians unless stated otherwise):
Singles (Quarterfinals): 8-Vishnu Vardhan bt 4-Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-4, 6-4; 1-Antoine Escoffier (Fra) bt 6-Jui-Chen Hung (Tpe) 7-5, 6-4; Ronit Kumar Bist bt Sidarth Rawat 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4); 3-Karunuday Singh bt Vinayak Sharma Kaza 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Doubles (Semifinals): 2-Anvit Bendre/Akash Wagh bt Haadin Bava/ Tejas Chaukulkar 3-6, 6-3, 10-7; Jui-Chen Hung (Tpe)/Sasi Kumar Mukund bt 2- Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood 6-2, 6-7 (5), 10-6.