Saketh Myneni fought his way past compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5, 7-5 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $50,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Hong Kong on Thursday.
Somdev Devvarman had it relatively easy as his opponent retired when the India No. 1 was leading 4-1 in the first set.
Other Indian results: Doubles (quarterfinals): Saketh Myneni & Sanam Singh bt Jonathan Eysseric (Fra) & Tennys Sandgren (USA) 6-4, 1-6, 11-9; Cheng-Peng Hsieh & Chu-Huan Yi (Tpe) bt 2-Divij Sharan & Frank Moser (Ger) 6-1, 6-1.