Third seed Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan was the lone Indian to enter the semifinals of the MCC-SR Subramaniam Memorial ITF Mens Futures, defeating compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth here today.
Jeevan defeated seventh seed N Vijay Sundar Prashanth 2-6 6-1 6-2 to enter the last four round.
Top seed Victor Cirivoi of Romania outclassed India's Elwin Antony 6-3 6-1, while fourth seed Thales Turini of Brazil defeated another local contender and fifth seed Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) 6-3 5-7 6-0 in other quarterfinal encounters.
Sixrth seed Vijayant Malik also had to bite the dust as he was stunned by Tak Khunn Wang of France. The Frenchman defeated Malik 6-3 6-1 to seal his place in the semifinals.
Results:
Singles: Victor Crivoi (ROU) [1] beat Elwin Antony (IND) 6-3 6-1, Thales Turini (BRA) [4] beat Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND) [5] 6-3 5-7 6-0, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) [3] beat N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) [7] 2-6 6-1 6-2, Tak Khunn Wang (FRA) beat Vijayant Malik (IND) [6] 6-3 6-1.
Doubles: N Sriram Balaji (IND) [2]/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) beat Ting Yu Chuang (TPE)/Chih-Jen Ho (TPE) 6-3 6-3, Arata Onozawa (JPN)/Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan (IND) [1] beat Jui-Chen Hung (TPE)/Petar Tomic (SRB) 7-5 6-4.
