Mumbai, Oct 22 Arnav Paparkar, Karan Singh, and Digvijay Pratap Singh were among the Indians to reach the quarterfinals of the Mumbai Open ITF Men’s M25 Tennis Championship here on Thursday.
Paparkar defeated Thailand’s Thanapet Chanta 6-2 6-4 to make the final eight, while third seed Karan defeated Adil Kalyanpur 6-1 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Fourth seed Digvijay battled hard to overcome USA’s Adhithya Ganesan in a three-set encounter, winning 6-3 4-6 7-5.
USA’s sixth seed Samir Banerjee also secured a straight-set victory, defeating India’s Samarth Sahita 6-3 6-2.
India’s seventh seed Sidharth Rawat advanced after overcoming Suraj R Prabodh 7-6(5) 6-1, while Chirag Duhan also booked his place in the quarterfinals.
USA’s second seed Garrett Johns was made to work hard by India’s Manish Sureshkumar, with the former winning 7-6(6) 6-4 to progress to the last eight round.
In doubles, India’s top-seeded combination of SD Prajwal Dev and Nitin Kumar Sinha defeated compatriots Aditya Balsekar and Rohan Mehra 7-6(6) 6-4.
The quarterfinals in singles category and semifinals of the doubles will be played on Friday.
(PTI News)
