Mysuru Open: Sasikumar Mukund Storms Into Quarterfinals After Overcoming Faisal Qamar

India’s Sasikumar Mukund stormed into the singles quarterfinals of the ITF Mysuru Open 2023 with a 6-1 6-2 victory over compatriot Faisal Qamar on Thursday.

It was Sasikumar’s second match of the day as the fourth-seeded Indian earlier had to complete his last evening’s Round of 32 draw against Serbia’s Boris Butulija.

Rain had interrupted the match on Wednesday evening when Sasikumar was leading 2-1 in 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 move into the quarterfinals.

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Mysuru lad SD Prajwal Dev overcame compatriot Vishnu Vardhan 6-4 7-6 (6) to grab a berth in the quarterfinals.

In the doubles, top-seeded Indians B Rithvick Choudary and Niki Poonacha moved into the semifinals after getting better of the 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.

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Sasikumar then partnered with veteran Vishnu Vardhan in the doubles but their quarterfinal match against Indians Faisal Qamar and Fardeen Quamar was postponed to Friday. Sasikumar and Vishnu were leading 7-6 (7) 1-1.

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