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Shokeen loses in quarters

Calcutta: Three major upsets marked Thursday’s proceedings at the Coal India ITF Men’s Futures meet at the Jaidip Mukerjea Tennis Academy on Thursday.

While second seed Guillermo Alcaide of Spain was ousted by Korean Hyun Woo Nam 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, third seed Todor Enev of Bulgaria was defeated by Alxey Kedryuk 3-6, 5-7. Fourth-seeded Italian Matteo Volante went down to Vaja UZokov of Uzbekistan 6-4, 3-6, 2-6.

Meanwhile, Indian hopes came to an end after Vivek Shokeen lost in the quarter final to top seed Alexander Satschko of Germany 5-7, 1-6, followed by Virali Murugesan Ranjeet, who lost 2-6, 1-6 to Korean Hyun Woo Nam in another quarter final encounter.

Sixth seed Serbian David Savvic beat Alexey Kedryuk 7-5, 6-4 while Tsung Hua Yang of Taipei edged past Uzokov 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 to move into the semis.

RESULTS

SINGLES, Round II — Hyun Woo Nam bt Guillermo Alcaide (2, ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Alxey Kedryuk (Kaz) bt Todor Enev (3, Bul) 6-3, 7-5; Vaja UZokov bt Matteo Volante (4, Ita) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Quarter finals — Alexander Satschko (1, Ger) bt Vivek Shokeen (Ind) 7-5, 6-1; Hyun Woo Nam (Kor) bt Virali Murugesan Ranjeet (Ind) 6-2, 6-1; David Savvic (6, Ser) bt Alexey Kedryuk (Kaz) 7-5, 6-4; Tsung Hua Yang (Tai) bt Vaja Uzokov (Uzb) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

TODAY IN SPORT

BASKETBALL: Mercantile mixed meet at Rangers Club from 6.30pm

CRICKET: McDowell’s No. 1 The Telegraph Cup at CC&FC.

EQUESTRIAN: Meet at Pat Williamson Grounds from 3pm.

TENNIS: ITF Futures at Jaidip Mukerjea Tennis Academy from 9am

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