Chennai Open: Sumit Nagal Defeats Jay Clarke To Reach Semifinals

The world no.506 won the quarterfinal in an hour and 22 minutes to set up a last four clash against American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran.

Alboran, who ousted top seed Chun-Hsin Tseng in the second round, got the better of Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-4 in one hour and 25 minutes.

The Nagal-Clarke match saw the Indian dominate the first set completely.?

Serving superbly, the 25-year-old Indian kept the British player off balance with precise hitting. He never faced a break point and landed 81 per cent of his first serves to pile the pressure on Clarke to break him thrice. ?? ?

In the second game, Nagal faced some challenge from Clarke but a single service break enabled him to grab the set and the match.?

Meanwhile, Max Purcell beat the No.2 seed James Duckworth 6-4 4-6 6-4 in a battle of Australians to set up a clash against compatriot Dane Sweeny in the semifinal.

In the doubles section, Sebastian Ofner and Nino Serdarusic shocked top seeds N Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Neduchezhiyan 4-6 7-6 10-4 in the semifinals.

India's Arjun Khade teamed up with Clarke to beat the Czech team of Petr Nouza and Andrew Paulson 7-5 4-6 10-8.?

Results:?

Singles (Quarterfinals): Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (USA) beat Yasutaka Uchiyama (Japan) 6-3 6-4; Sumit Nagal beat Jay Clarke 6-1 6-4; Dane Sweeny (Australia) beat Arthur Cazaux (France) 6-7 7-6 6-3; Max Purcell beat James Duckworth (Australia) 6-4 4-6 6-4.