Arjun Kadhe and N Sriram Balaji qualified for the men’s doubles semi-finals of the Bangkok Challenger on Thursday with a 4-6, 7-5, [10-3] win over Japan’s Toshihide Matsui and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara.
Kadhe and Balaji will now meet top seeds Christopher Rungkat (of Indonesia) and Hsieh Cheng-peng (of Taiwan) in the semi-finals. Rungkat and Cheng-peng, in their quarter-final, defeated Philippines’ Francis Alcantara and Portugal’s Bernardo Saraiva 6-3, 7-6.
The Indian duo had an easy outing in the first round, wherein they outplayed Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana 6-1, 6-3.
India’s singles campaign at the tournament had ended after top-seed Prajnesh Gunneswaran, Sasi Kumar Mukund and Saketh Myneni lost their first matches.
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