Ashutosh storms into semis

New Delhi, Aug 3 (UNI) Ashutosh Singh kept the Indian flag flying thrashing Taiwanese qualifier Lin Tzu-Yang in straight sets to storm into the semi-finals of the ITF F7 Futures here.

In-form Ashutosh made no-contest of his quarter-final match demolishing Lin 6-2, 6-2 in no time.

In the semi-final, Ashutosh faces second seed Yu Wang Jr of China, who snuffed out another Indian hope Aditya Madkekar 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Meanwhile, top seed Aqeel Khan of Pakistan was unstoppable as he steamrolled Ito Tatsuma of Japan 6-3, 6-4 to storm into the last four.

Aqeel will take on the winner of the other quarterfinal match between Korean qualifier Min-Hyoek Cho and fourth seed Pen Sung of China. The match was hanging in balance at 6-4, 3-6 when it was stopped due to rain.

UNI