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Mukund Sasikumar emerged arsenic the lone Indian to advancement into the quarterfinals of the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open present connected Wedneday.
A accordant Sasikumar (world no. 524) took retired Japanese qualifier Taiyo Yamanaka 6-4, 7-6(1) successful the round-of-16.
The experienced Sasikumar struck a decisive interruption successful the 10th crippled to wrapper up the opening set. In the 2nd set, the 29-year-old Sasikumar reserved his champion for the tie-break.
Sasikumar, alongside Adil Kalyanpur, besides reached the doubles quarterfinal with a 6-3, 7-5 triumph implicit Dominik Palan (Czech Republic) and Digvijaypratap Singh.
Teenage chaotic paper Kriish Tyagi, who reached the semifinal of the Karnataka Open ATP Challenger present past week, went down to 3rd effect Hamish Stewart 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Manish Sureshkumar, who stunned apical effect and Karnataka Open champion Keegan Smith successful the archetypal round, mislaid to erstwhile satellite no. 40 Ilya Ivashka 1-6, 1-6.
Sidharth Rawat’s run ended against sixth effect Ognjen Milic (Serbia), who recorded a 6-3, 6-1 win.
The results: Round-of-16: Mukund Sasikumar bt Taiyo Yamanaka (Jpn) 6-4, 7-6(1); Alastair Gray (GBR) bt Dominik Palan (Cze) 6-3, 7-6(2); Ilya Ivashka bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-1, 6-1; Hamish Stewart (GBR) bt Kriish Tyagi 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Alex Hernandez (Mex) bt Naoya Honda (Jpn) 5-7, 7-5, 6-4; Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Mas) bt Yusuke Takahashi (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2; Ognjen Milic (Srb) bt Sidharth Rawat (Ind) 6-3, 6-1; Petr Bar Biryukov bt Leo Vithoontien (Jpn) 7-6(4), 6-4.
