Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: March 29, 2023, 20:43 IST
India’s SD Prajwal Dev (IANS)
SD Prajwal Dev defeated S Abhinav Sanjeev 6-4, 7-5 to e-book his place within the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Mysuru Open
India’s SD Prajwal Dev made his manner into the singles pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Mysuru Open with a 6-4 7-5 win over compatriot S Abhinav Sanjeev on the Mysore Tennis Club on Wednesday.
Prajwal was scheduled to meet skilled Indian participant Ramkumar Ramanathan, who was seeded fifth right here, however the latter had to withdraw from the match owing to an damage.
Prajwal, the 26-year-old Mysuru participant, will face his countryman Vishnu Vardhan within the Round of 16.
The USD 25,000 occasion is being hosted by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).
But the largest shock of the day got here when unseeded Briton George Loffhagen, a world quantity 182, shocked prime seeded Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam 6-3 6-4.
However, the second seeded Oliver Crawford of USA and Oriov Vladyslav of Ukraine had higher fortunes on the day, advancing to the pre-quarterfinals.
Crawford had little hassle in vanquishing Manish Ganesh, a wildcard entrant from India, with a 6-1 6-3 victory. But Vladyslav confronted stiff problem from India’s Niki Poonacha earlier than rising a 4-6 6-2 6-3 victor.
Eighth seeded Australian Ellis Blake too booked a berth within the pre-quarterfinals after his Indian opponent Siddharth Vishwakarma, a qualifier, withdrew from the match whereas main 2-0 within the first set.
Fourth seeded Mukund Sasikumar took to court docket late within the night towards Serbia’s Boris Butulija. But the skies opened up to interrupt the match when the Indian participant was main 2-1 within the first set. The match will resume on Thursday.
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