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The Indian men’s doubles pair of Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Saketh Myneni has qualified for the quarter-finals at the ongoing Anning Challenger tennis tournament in China. Meanwhile, the other Indian pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Vishnu Vardhan lost their first round match to exit the event.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan have continued their domineering run in Anning, China, as they registered wins against Saketh Myneni and Yan Bai, respectively. While Gunneswaran would play Adam Pavlásek next, Ramanathan will take on Zhang Zhizhen in the quarterfinals.

Saketh Myneni advanced into the pre-quarterfinal stage of the Kunming Open, held in Anning, China, as he defeated Czech Republic’s Václav Šafránek to set an all-Indian clash with Prajnesh Gunnsewaran. Sasi Kumar Mukund, on the other end, was humbled by China’s Ban Yai in straight sets.

The Indian junior tennis team registered a commendable 3-0 win against Indonesia on Tuesday as Ajay Malik won his singles and doubles match in the Asia/Oceania final qualifying match in Bangkok. Sushant Dabas completed the win for India by defeating Nauvaldo Jati Agatra in the second singles match.

India Open runner-up Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the third round of the ongoing BWF Malaysia Open with a 21-11, 21-15 win over Khosit Phetpradab in round two on Thursday. Meanwhile, PV Sindhu was knocked out of the competition after suffering a 21-18, 21-7 loss to Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea.