India's SD Prajwal Dev made his way into the singles pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Mysuru Open 2023 with a 6-4, 7-5 win over compatriot S Abhinav Sanjeev at the Mysore Tennis Club on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Prajwal was scheduled to meet experienced Indian player Ramkumar Ramanathan, who was seeded fifth here, but the latter had to withdraw from the tournament owing to an injury.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Prajwal, the 26-year-old Mysuru lad, will face his countryman Vishnu Vardhan in the Round of 16.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The USD 25,000 event is being hosted by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
But the biggest shock of the day came when unseeded Briton George Loffhagen, a world number 182, shocked top seeded Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, the second seeded Oliver Crawford of USA and Oriov Vladyslav of Ukraine had better fortunes on the day, advancing to the pre-quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Crawford had little trouble in vanquishing Manish Ganesh, a wildcard entrant from India, with a 6-1, 6-3 victory. But Vladyslav faced stiff challenge from India's Niki Poonacha before emerging a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victor.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Eighth seeded Australian Ellis Blake too booked a berth in the pre-quarterfinals after his Indian opponent Siddharth Vishwakarma, a qualifier, withdrew from the match while leading 2-0 in the first set.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fourth seeded Mukund Sasikumar took to court late in the evening against Serbia's Boris Butulija. But the skies opened up to interrupt the match when the Indian player was leading 2-1 in the first set. The match will resume on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Eighth seeded Australian Ellis Blake too booked a berth in the pre-quarterfinals after his Indian opponent Siddharth Vishwakarma, a qualifier, withdrew from the match while leading 2-0 in the first set.<\/p>\r\n\r\n