Unseeded Tejas Chaukulkar of Maharashtra shocked number 8 seed Prajwal Dev of Karnataka to enter the quarter-finals of the Rs 3.5 lakh MSLTA-IOC Khar Gymkhana All India ranking men's tennis tournament today.
Pune's Chaukulkar breezed to a 6-4 6-2 win over his seeded rival after a two-hour battle of the baseliners to set up a clash with city-mate and second seed Nitin Kirrtane for a place in the last four.
Veteran Kirrtane eased past unseeded Arnav Goel of Uttar Pradesh 6-3 6-2 in another pre quarter final match.
Bhavesh Gour of Madhya Pradesh also endured a energy- sapping encounter to overcome Abhinansu Borthakur of West Bengal 7-6 4-6 7-6 in a marathon pre-quarter-final.
Top seed Kunal Anand and sixth seed Jatin Dahiya, both of Delhi, Rohan Bhatia of Maharashtra, Abdullah Shaikh of Telangana and Chandril Sood of Uttar Pradesh also advanced to the last eight.
Results: Singles (Pre-quarter-finals): Kunal Anand (Del) bt Anvit Bendre (Mah) 6-2 7-6 (8-6); Rohan Bhatia (Mah) bt Chilakalapud Anirudh (AP) 6-2 6-1; Bhavesh Gour (MP) bt Abhinansu Borthakur (WB) 7-6(7-3) 4-6 7-6(7-1); Shaikh Abdullah (Tel) bt Rohit Rampuria (WB) 6-1 6-4; Jatin Dahiya (Del) bt Yash Yadav (MP) 6-0 6-2; Chandril Sood (UP) bt Ankit Chopra (Pun) 6-3 6-2; Nitin Kirrtane (Mah) bt Arnav Goel (UP) 6-3 6-2; Tejas Chaukulkar (Mah) bt Prajwal Dev (Kar) 6-4 6-2.
Doubles: Kunal Anand/Aaditya Tewari bt Abdullah/Osama Shaikh 7-5 6-4; Hardeep Singh Sandhu/Kunal Vazirani bt Chilakalapud Anirudh/Krishna Teja Ankam 6-3 6-2; Armaan Bhatia/Sauruv Suhul bt Anurag Nenwani/Rohan Bhatia 7-5 6-1; Dhruv Sunish/Paramveer Singh bt Rohit Rampuria/Abhinansu Borthakur 3-6 6-3 10-4.
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