Hard-fought win: The easy scoreline was misleading at finest, with Duckworth having to fend off Kuzmanov in prolonged rallies. Photo: Ok. Murali Kumar

Second seed James Duckworth quelled Dimitar Kuzmanov’s problem 6-4, 6-1 to enter the semifinals of the dafaNEWS Bengaluru Open on the KSLTA courts on Friday. In the last-four conflict, he'll meet fellow Australian and qualifier James McCabe.

The easy scoreline was misleading at finest, for Duckworth, beginning underneath the blazing midday solar, needed to break loads of sweat. Rallies had been prolonged and a majority of the video games went to deuce.

It helped Duckworth that in each units he ran-up 3-0 leads from the place Kuzmanov might solely play catch-up. The Bulgarian tried to be courageous and went for the strains persistently. But Duckworth’s superior court-craft carried the day.

Towards the night, prime seed and final 12 months’s winner Chun-hsin Tseng was blasted off the court docket by Hamad Medjedovic in straight units. The Serb will meet Australia’s Max Purcell who bought previous Italy’s Luca Nardi.

In doubles, the Indian pair of Anirudh Chandrasekar and N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth fought off Arjun Kadhe and Maximilian Neuchrist 7-6(1), 4-6, [10-2] to enter the ultimate.

The outcomes (Singles, quarterfinals): James Duckworth (Aus) bt Dimitar Kuzmanov (Bul) 6-4, 6-1; James McCabe (Aus) bt Harold Mayot (Fra) 6-3, 7-6(4); Hamad Medjedovic (Srb) bt Chun-hsin Tseng (Tpe) 6-1, 6-2; Max Purcell (Aus) bt Luca Nardi (Ita) 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles (semifinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Arjun Kadhe & Maximilian Neuchrist (Aut) 7-6(1), 4-6, [10-2]; Yunseong Chung (Kor) & Yu Hsiou Hsu (Tpe) bt Marc Polmans & Max Purcell (Aus) 6-4, 6-4.