Sasikumar enters the last eight

Mukund Sasikumar emerged because the lone Indian to progress into the quarterfinals of the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open right here on Wedneday.

A constant Sasikumar (world no. 524) took out Japanese qualifier Taiyo Yamanaka 6-4, 7-6(1) within the round-of-16. 

The skilled Sasikumar struck a decisive break within the tenth sport to wrap up the opening set. Within the second set, the 29-year-old Sasikumar reserved his finest for the tie-break.

Sasikumar, alongside Adil Kalyanpur, additionally reached the doubles quarterfinal with a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Dominik Palan (Czech Republic) and Digvijaypratap Singh.

Teenage wild card Kriish Tyagi, who reached the semifinal of the Karnataka Open ATP Challenger right here final week, went down to 3rd seed Hamish Stewart 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. 

Manish Sureshkumar, who shocked high seed and Karnataka Open champion Keegan Smith within the first spherical, misplaced to former world no. 40 Ilya Ivashka 1-6, 1-6.

Sidharth Rawat’s marketing campaign ended in opposition to sixth seed Ognjen Milic (Serbia), who recorded a 6-3, 6-1 win.

The outcomes: Spherical-of-16: Mukund Sasikumar bt Taiyo Yamanaka (Jpn) 6-4, 7-6(1); Alastair Grey (GBR) bt Dominik Palan (Cze) 6-3, 7-6(2); Ilya Ivashka bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-1, 6-1; Hamish Stewart (GBR) bt Kriish Tyagi 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Alex Hernandez (Mex) bt Naoya Honda (Jpn) 5-7, 7-5, 6-4; Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong (Mas) bt Yusuke Takahashi (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2; Ognjen Milic (Srb) bt Sidharth Rawat (Ind) 6-3, 6-1; Petr Bar Biryukov bt Leo Vithoontien (Jpn) 7-6(4), 6-4.