India’s Mukund Sasikumar stormed into the singles quarterfinals of the Cycle Pure Agarbathi ITF Mysuru Open 2023 with a clean 6-1, 6-2 victory over compatriot Faisal Qamar on the Mysore Tennis Membership on Thursday.
It was Sasikumar’s second match of the day because the fourth seeded Indian earlier needed to full his final evenings’ Spherical of 32 draw towards Serbia’s Boris Butulija.
Rain had interrupted the match on Wednesday night when Sasikumar was main the match 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 quarterfinals.
Mysuru lad SD Prajwal Dev overcame compatriot Vishnu Vardhan 6-4, 7-6 (6) to seize a berth within the quarterfinals.
Within the doubles, top-seeded Indians B Rithvick Choudary and Niki Poonacha moved into the semifinals after getting higher of 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.
Mukund Sasikumar partnered with Vishnu Vardhan within the doubles however their quarterfinal match towards Indians Faisal Qamar and Fardeen Quamar was postponed to Friday. Mukund and Vishnu had been main 7-6 (7), 1-1.
Outcomes (Singles, R32)
Mukund Sasikumar (Ind) beat Boris Butulija (SRB) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Outcomes (Singles, R16)
Karan Singh (IND) beat (7) Siddharth Rawat (IND) 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4
Floernt Bax (FRA) beat Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) 6-1, 7-5
Ellis Blake (AUS) beat Mitsuki Wei Kang (MAS) 6-2, 6-3
Mukund Sasikumar (IND) beat Faisal Qamar (IND) 6-1, 6-2
Oliver Crawford (USA) beat Ishaque Eqbal (Ind) 6-3, 6-3
Vladyslav Orlov (UKR) beat Rishabh Agarwal (IND) 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
George Loffhagen (GBR) beat Woobin Shin (KOR) 6-0, 6-1
S D Prajwal Dev (IND) beat Vishnu Vardhan (IND) 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Outcomes (Doubles, QF)
B Rithvick Choudary / Niki Poonacha (IND) beat Florent Bax (FRA) / Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) 6-3, 7-6 (3). Blake Ellis (AUS) / Vladyslav Orlov (UKR) beat Karan Singh (IND) / Ishaque Eqbal (IND) 6-1, 7-5, Parikshit Somani (IND) / Manish Sureshkumar (IND) beat Dali Blanch (USA) / Nicholas Bybel (USA) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 12-10