Miljan Zekic of Serbia edged out prime seed James Duckworth of Australia 4-6, 6-4,7-6(2) within the pre-quarterfinals of the PMR Open $130,000 Challenger tennis event on the Balewadi Stadium on Thursday.

The champion of the final two tournaments in Chennai and Bengaluru, Max Purcell of Australia stayed on target with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Dimitar Kuzmanov of Bulgaria.

In doubles, Mukund Sasikumar and Vishnu Vardhan made the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Calum Puttergill and DAne Sweeny of Australia. 

Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth additionally made the semifinals by beating the fourth seeds Petr Nouza and Purav Raja for the lack of 4 video games. Anirudh and Vijay will play second seeds Maximilian Neuchrist and Arjun Kadhe within the semifinals.

The outcomes:

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Miljan Zekic (Srb) bt James Duckworth (Aus) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(2); Harold Mayot (Fra) bt Maximilian Neuchrist (Aut) 6-4 (retired); Max Purcell (Aus) bt Dimitar Kuzmanov (Bul) 6-2, 6-4; Francesco Maestrelli (Ita) bt Dane Sweeny (Aus) 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-5.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Mukund Sasikumar & Vishnu Vardhan bt Calum Puttergill & Dane Sweeny (Aus) 6-2, 6-3; Toshihide Matsui & Kaito Uesugi (Jpn) bt Boris Butulija (Srb) & Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-5, 6-4; Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Petr Nouza (Cze) & Purav Raja 6-2, 6-2; Maximilian Neuchrist (Aut) & Arjun Kadhe bt Rithvik Bollipalli & Niki Poonacha 6-1, 6-3.