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Philip Sekulic snapped Kriish Tyagi’s good tally with a facile 6-0, 6-2 triumph successful the Karnataka Open ATP Challenger semifinal astatine the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium present connected Friday.
Sekulic (World no. 357), the 4th seed, dominated his wildcard hostile from commencement to finish. Forehand and backhand winners flew from the Australian’s racquet, portion Tyagi struggled to support up.
On definite occasions, the Indian teen — playing his archetypal Challenger semifinal — did negociate to prolong the point, but Sekulic’s immense firepower yet had last say.
In the last connected Saturday, Sekulic volition look top-seed Keegan Smith, successful what promises to beryllium an engrossing encounter.
Smith passed a stern trial from Ilya Ivashka successful the different semifinal. Belarusian Ivashka, a erstwhile World no. 40, was a combative presence.
Ivashka had respective animated chats with his squad successful the stands, and adjacent made a long, heartfelt ailment astir enactment calls not going his way.
The American, who utilized his 6’7” framework to make tremendous bounce and powerfulness connected his serves and was objective with his volleys, won 6-4, 6-4.
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha and Saketh Myneni ousted top-seeds Prajwal Dev and Nitin Kumar Sinha 7-5, 6-1 to participate the doubles final.
The results (semifinals):
Singles: Keegan Smith (USA) bt Ilya Ivashka 6-4, 6-4; Philip Sekulic (Aus) bt Kriish Tyagi 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles: Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha & Saketh Myneni bt Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha 7-5, 6-1; Petr Bar & Grigoriy Lomakin (Kaz) bt Adil Kalyanpur & Mukund Sasikumar 7-6(4), 7-6(4).
