Top seed Sasi Kumar Mukund and qualifier Arjun Kadhe set up a title clash in the $15,000 ITF men’s

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Arjun Kadhe in final

Top seed Sasi Kumar Mukund and qualifier Arjun Kadhe set up a title clash in the $15,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament in Coimbatore on Friday.

Mukund subdued seventh seed Aryan Goveas 6-3, 6-4. His doubles partner Arjun Kadhe, who fired 13 aces and did not face a breakpoint in the match, missed four game points in the tie-break before routing Cing-Meng Yang of Chinese Taipei 6-7(9), 6-1, 6-0.

Arjun had overcome second seed Colin Van Beem of the Netherlands in the quarterfinals, while Mukund got past fifth seed Cameron Silverman of the US for the loss of five games.

Aryan Goveas had done very well to fight past Clement Larriere of France 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(1) in his quarterfinal encounter.

In the doubles final, Mukund and Arjun Kadhe will challenge the top seeds Chandril Sood and Lakshit Sood.

 

The results:

Singles (semifinals): Sasi Kumar Mukund bt Aryan Goveas 6-3, 6-4; Arjun Kadhe bt Cing-Yang Meng (Tpe) 6-7(9), 6-1, 6-0.

Quarterfinals: Sasi Kumar Mukund bt Cameron Silverman (US) 6-4, 6-1; Aryan Goveas bt Clement Larriere (Fra)6-7(5), 6-3, 7-6(1); Cing-Yang Meng (Tpe) bt Jui-Chen Hung (Tpe) 6-4 3-6, 6-3; Arjun Kadhe bt Colin Van Beem (Ned) 6-4, 7-6(4).

Doubles (semifinals): Chandril Sood & Lakshit Sood bt Mohit Mayur & Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-2, 6-2; Arjun Kadhe & Sasi Kumar Mukund bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & PC Vignesh 6-4, 7-6(2).