Fourth seed Saketh Myneni sailed past Edan Leshem 6-4, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the $54,160 Challenger tennis tournament on Friday.
In the semifinals, Saketh will face Filip Peliwo of Canada who was let off the hook by Sasi Kumar Mukund. From the brink of victory, Sasi Kumar lost his way against the ninth seed. The final scoreline read: 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-2.
In the ATP event in Lyon, Leander Paes and Benoit Paire lost 6-3, 3-6, [10-8] to the Skupski brothers, Ken and Neal, in the semifinals.
The results:
€586,140 ATP, Lyon, France: Doubles (semifinals): Ken Skupski & Neal Skupski (GBR) bt Benoit Paire (Fra) & Leander Paes 6-3, 3-6, [10-8]; Quarterfinals: Paire & Paes w.o. Raven Klaasen (RSA) & Michael Venus (Nzl).
$54,160 Challenger, Jerusalem, Israel: Quarterfinals: Saketh Myneni bt Edan Leshem (Isr) 6-4, 6-3; Filip Peliwo (Can) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Kampala, Uganda: Pre-quarterfinals: Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam bt Joao Marcos Nusdeo (Bra) 7-6(7), 6-3; Simon Carr (Irl) bt S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-1, 6-2.
$25,000 ITF women, Singapore: Doubles (semifinals): Emily Appleton (GBR) & Catherine Harrison (US) bt Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) & Rutuja Bhosale 4-6, 6-3, [10-5].