New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) India’s Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan found a way to prevail over second seeds Julian Cash and Llyod Glasspool in a tough battle in the Hangzhou Open quarterfinals while Yuki Bhambri progressed to the Chengdu Open semifinals with his partner on Saturday.
In Hangzhou, Prashanth and left-handed Nedunchezhiyan lost the opening set but came back strong to emerge 6-7 (4) 7-6 (6) 10-8 winners in an energy-sapping contest that also tested their nerves. The match lasted two hours. They next face third seeds Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway.
“We played a good match. We knew we are playing a good team. I don’t think they have played together before. Both of them have big serves. We knew if we kept holding our service games, we will have chances in the tie break,” said Prashanth.
“We took the mini chances in the tie break. We stuck to our team plan,” added Prashanth, who played the first half of the season with Anirudh Chandrasekar before teaming up with Nedunchezhiyan.
In Chengdu, Bhambri and his third seeded French partner Albano Olivetti also came back after losing the first set to win 5-7 6-3 12-10 against Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo.
They are now up against second seeds Ivand Dodig (Croatia) and Rafael Matos (Brazil).
Source: PTI News
