Harris and Jacquet work onerous to earn a semifinal spot 

Billy Harris took out Timofey Skatov in straight units to make the final 4 within the ATP Challenger Chennai Open tennis match on Friday.
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Kyrian Jacquet beat again the problem of Shintaro Mochizuki in three hard-fought units.
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R. RAGU

High seed Billy Harris fought off a stiff problem from Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov to win their quarterfinal on a tie-break, 6-3, 7-6(6), within the Chennai Open ATP Challenger on the SDAT tennis stadium right here on Friday.

After dropping the primary set at 3, Skatov, turning as onerous as rubber, held out even when stretched within the second set. Down 4-5, he ended a 19-stroke rally with a spectacular forehand cross-court cross to save lots of a match level. On 5-6, he saved two extra match factors because the Briton made a few unforced errors.

Harris, too, saved a set level with a forehand cross-court volley when he was down 5-6 within the tie-break.

Within the day’s first match on the identical court docket, Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet prevailed 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(6), in an identical see-saw battle with Shintaro Mochizuki of Japan.

Mochizuki, after dropping the the primary set, made it 2-all after being 0-2 within the second. Up 5-4, he saved a sport level with a forehand cross-court volley and, with a few unforced errors from his opponent, broke to safe the set.

He made it 3-all from 1-3 down within the third-set tie-break, however erred for his opponent to save lots of a match level on 6-5.

Robust situations

“It was actually scorching and humid exterior. So, it was actually powerful, each bodily and mentally. I’m actually pleased with myself to have gained this match, as a result of I saved one match level and fought until the tip,” mentioned Jacquet, who dropped a set for the primary time within the match.

The outcomes: Singles (quarterfinals): Billy Harris (GBr) bt Timofey Skatov (Kaz) 6-3, 7-6(6); Kyrian Jacquet (Fra) bt Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(6); Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Oleksandr Ovcharenko (Ukr) 6-3, 6-0; Elias Ymer (Swe) bt Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles (semifinals): Saketh Myneni & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Ray Ho (Chn) & Matthew Christopher Romios (Aus) 7-6(5), 7-6(8); Shintaro Mochizuki & Kaito Uesugi (Jpn) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 4-6, 6-4, [10-6].