Vesely, Berankis storm into semi- finals Tata Open Maharashtra Pune: Czech star Jiri Vesely stormed into the semi- finals at the Tata Open Maharashtra with a three- set victory against Ilya Ivashka of Belarus at the Balewadi Stadium here on Friday.
Vesely, 26, despite losing the first set 6- 2, made an unlikely comeback to win the second set 6- 1. The third set saw both the players fight tooth and nail.
However, former World No.
35 Vesely managed to hold his nerve to eke out a 2- 6, 6- 1, 7- 6 win. In another quarter- final, second- seed Ricardas Berankis of Lithuania recovered well after a first set setback to register a 4- 6, 7- 6, 6- 2 victory against Japanu2019s Yuichi Sugita.
Meanwhile, Indiau2019s only hope for a title, the in- form pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Purav Raja will face third seeds Jonathan Erich and Andrei Vasilevski in the doubles semi- finals today.
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