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Bengaluru Open 2: Saketh-Ramkumar in last 8

The Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan beat compatriots Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the Bengaluru Open 2 ATP Challenger, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.

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BENGALURU: The Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan beat compatriots Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the Bengaluru Open 2 ATP Challenger, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.

Saketh and Ramkumar, who won the doubles title at the Bengaluru Open 1 last week, won 6-1, 7-5 in the Round of 16 match at the KSLTA Courts.

Wild card entrants S D Prajwal Dev and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha also brought cheer to the Indian camp after they overcame the better-ranked Canadian-Japanese combination of Steven Diez and Rio Noguchi 6-2, 6-4 en route to the quarter-finals. Arjun Khade, who will take on third seed Frenchman Enzo Couacaud in the singles pre-quarter-finals on Thursday. Agencies

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