Kirtane survives Ghouse to enter last eight stage

Kirtane survives Ghouse to enter last eight stage
Sayeed G Sanadi

Bangalore, Jan 19: Nitin Kirtane was the lone Indian left in the line-up of the last eight of the Wearhouse-Century Club $ 10,000 ITF Futures men's tennis championship.

Kirtane overcame compatriot Mustafa Ghouse 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. The 19-year-old Ghouse had toppled sixth seed Nir Welgreen in the first round.

Markus Karnellos of Austria, who ousted top seed Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan, was tamed by Viktor Bruthans 6-7 (5-7), 3-6. Miles Maclagan of Great Britain, who had beaten second seed Prahlad Srinath on Tuesday, met his match in fourth seed Boris Borgula of Slovakia 3-6, 3-6.

Two other seeds fifth seed Andy Ram of Israel and seventh seed Radim Zitke of Czech Republic also entered the quarter-finals.

Results

Singles (pre-quaterfinals, prefix indicates seedings): 5-Andy Ram (Isr) bt Janci Tomas (Svk) 7-5, 6-1; Nitin Kirtane (Ind) bt Mustafa Ghouse (Ind) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Arne Krietz (Ger) bt Anton Kokurin (Uzb) 6-2, 6-2; Denis Golovanov (Rus) bt Jeremy Delinbeuf (Fra) 6-4, 6-0; Kobi Zev (Isr) btGroen Sander (Ned) 6-3, 7-6 (9-7); 7-Radim Zitko (Cze) bt Ivanov S Kinill (Rus) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3; Victor Bruthans (Svk) bt Markus Karnellos (Aut) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; 4-Boris Borgulla (Svk) bt Miles Maclagan (Gbr) 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Andy Ram/Nir Welgreen (Isr) bt Rohan Bopanna/Rishi Sridhar (Ind) 6-3, 6-3.