Prajwal, the 26-year-old Mysuru lad, will face his countryman Vishnu Vardhan in the Round of 16.
S D Prajwal Dev during singles RD32 of Cycle Pure Agarbathi ITF Mysuru Open 2023 at Mysore Tennis on March 29, Wednesday [Photo : SNS]
However, the second seeded Oliver Crawford of USA and Oriov Vladyslav of Ukraine had better fortunes on the day, advancing to the pre-quarterfinals.
Crawford had little trouble in vanquishing Manish Ganesh, a wildcard entrant , with a 6-1, 6-3 victory. But Vladyslav faced stiff challenge from Niki Poonacha before emerging a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victor.
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Eighth seeded Australian Ellis Blake too booked a berth in the pre-quarterfinals after his opponent Siddharth Vishwakarma, a qualifier, withdrew from the match while leading 2-0 in the first set.
Fourth seeded Mukund Sasikumar took to court late in the evening against Serbia’s Boris Butulija. But the skies opened up to interrupt the match when the Indian player was leading 2-1 in the first set. The match will resume on Thursday.
Results (Doubles, R16)
Dali Blanch / Nicholas Bybel beat A Deepak / Manish Ganesh 6-0, 6-1; Ishaque Eqbal / Karan Singh beat Grigoriy Lomakin / Woobin Shin 6-2, 6-3.
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