New Delhi: Saketh Myneni prevailed in a battle of champions as he overcame Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Power Grid $15,000 ITF men's Futures tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday.
The second-seeded Vishnu Vardhan set up a quarterfinal against Vijayant Malik, while Sriram Balaji was in fine form as he defeated sixth seed Nikolaus Moser of Austria in an entertaining baseline battle.
V.M. Ranjeet was the other Indian to make the quarterfinals.
The results:
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Junn Mitsuhashi (Jpn) bt James Marsalek (GBR) 2-6, 7-6(1), 7-6(1); V.M. Ranjeet bt Abhijeet Tiwari 6-4, 6-2; Saketh Myneni bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Rohan Gajjar bt Richard Becker (Ger) 6-1, 7-5; Sriram Balaji bt Nikolaus Moser (Au) 7-6(7), 6-3; Daniel Cox (GBR) bt Weerapat Doakmaiklee (Tha) 6-3, 7-5; Vijayant Malik bt Mate Pavic (Cro) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3; Vishnu Vardhan bt Kunal Anand 6-4, 6-1.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Karan Rastogi & Vishnu Vardhan bt Mohit Mayur & Saketh Myneni 6-4, 4-6, 10-6; Richard Becker (Ger) & Nikolaus Moser (Aut) bt Alexander Satschko (Ger) & Rohan Gajjar 6-4, 6-3; Weerapat Doakmaiklee & Kirati Siributwong (Tha) bt Ronak Manuja & R. Ramkumar 6-4, 6-3; Sriram Balaji & Vijayant Malik bt P.C. Vignesh & Sunil Kumar 6-3, 6-0.
The Hindu