BENGALURU, Feb 24: The Indian duo of Anirudh Chandrasekhar and N Vijay Sundar Prashanth eliminated fourth-seeded Arjun Kadhe and Max Neuchrist 7-6 (1) 4-6 10-2 to storm into the doubles final of the Bengaluru Open here on Friday.
Anirudh and Prashanth remained the only Indians in the fray with the exit of Sumit Nagal from the singles event on Thursday.
The duo will play the final on Saturday.
In the singles quarter-finals, Hamad Medjedovic of Serbia toppled No 1 seed Chun-Hsin Tseng of Taipei.
Medjedovic employed his power-packed serve and ground shots to telling effect to carve a 6-1 6-2 win over his fancied opponent.
The extent of Medjedovic’s dominance was evident from the fact that he managed to effect five breaks in the match.
Medjedovic will face Max Purcell in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Purcell, the defending doubles champion in Wimbledon, outperformed Luca Nardi of Italy 6-2 6-0.
Earlier, second seeded James Duckworth of Australia, former world No 46, also entered the last four with a clinical 6-4 6-1 win over Dimitar Kuzmanov of Bulgaria.
Another Australian James McCabe, who came through qualifiers, also booked his berth in the semi-finals, beating Harold Mayot France 6-3, 7-6 (4). (PTI)
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