Sunil-Stephen pair enter semis

Chandigarh, May 30 (UNI) Top seeded pair of Stephen Amritraj and Sunil Kumar Sipaeya stormed into the doubles semi-finals in the 10,000 dollars SAIL ITF Men's Futures Tournament at the CLTA Stadium here today.

Amritraj-Sipaeya defeated Kiran Nandkumar and Yannick Nelord 7-6, 6-3 in the quarter-final match played at the court number 3.

Fourth seeded Vivek Shokeen and Sanam Singh also moved into the semi-finals. The duo defeated English pair Robert Searle and Matthew Smith in three sets 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

From the lower half of the draw, second seeded Sandeep Kirtane and Purav Raja defeated Rohan Gajjar and Jonathan (Eng) in straight sets 6-2, 6-3.

They will face Tushar Liberhan and Navdeep Singh in the semi-finals, who has ousted Ochiai Guilherme (Bra) and Satosh Yoshino (JPN) 6-4, 6-3.

Results: Doubles (QF): 1-Sunil Kumar Sipaeya and Stephen Amritraj (Ind) bt Kiran Nandkumar and Yannick Nelord 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; 4-Vivek Shoken and Sanam Singh (Ind) bt Robert Searle and Smith Matthew (ENG) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Tushar Liberhan and Navdeep Singh (Ind) bt Guilherme Ochiai (Bra) and Satoshi Yoshino (JPN) 6-4, 6-3; 2-Sandep Kirtane and Purav Raja (Ind) bt Rohan Gajjar (Ind) and Jonathan Kinsella (ENG) 6-2, 6-3.

Tomorrow's fixtures (Singles QF): Karan Rastogi vs Purav Raja; Vijay Kannan vs Tushar Liberhan; Prakash Amritraj vs Sunil Kumar Sipaeya; Vishal Punna vs Aditya Madkekar.

Doubles (QFs): Tushar Liberhan and Navdeep Singh (Ind) vs Sandeep Kirtane and Purav Raja; Stephen Amritraj and Sunil Kumar Sipaeya vs Vivek Shokeen and Sanam Singh.

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