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India’s Sasikumar Mukund defeated compatriot Faisal Qamar to qualify for the singles quarterfinals of the ITF Mysuru Open 2023
India’s Sasikumar Mukund stormed into the singles quarterfinals of the ITF Mysuru Open 2023 with a 6-1 6-2 victory over compatriot Faisal Qamar on Thursday.
It was Sasikumar’s second match of the day because the fourth-seeded Indian earlier needed to full his final night’s Round of 32 draw in opposition to Serbia’s Boris Butulija.
Rain had interrupted the match on Wednesday night when Sasikumar was main 2-1 within the first set, and the Indian took the match to its logical conclusion with a 6-3 3-6 6-3 win.
Unseeded Indian Karan Singh created flutters on the day when he toppled seventh-seeded compatriot Sidharth Rawat 7-6 (3) 3-6 6-4 to maneuver into the quarterfinals.
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Mysuru lad SD Prajwal Dev overcame compatriot Vishnu Vardhan 6-4 7-6 (6) to seize a berth within the quarterfinals.
In the doubles, top-seeded Indians B Rithvick Choudary and Niki Poonacha moved into the semifinals after getting higher of the Indo-French pair of Nitin Kumar Sinha and Florent Bax 6-3 7-6 (3).
Earlier, fourth-seeded Indian pair of Parikshit Somani and Manish Sureshkumar defeated American duo of Dali Blanch and Nicholas Bybel 6-3 6-7 (5) 12-10 to enter the semifinals.
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Sasikumar then partnered with veteran Vishnu Vardhan within the doubles however their quarterfinal match in opposition to Indians Faisal Qamar and Fardeen Quamar was postponed to Friday. Sasikumar and Vishnu had been main 7-6 (7) 1-1.
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