This story is from November 22, 2018

Sasi Kumar Mukund extends winning streak

Sasi Kumar Mukund maintained his dream run to oust sixth seed Jay Clarke and move into the quarterfinals, but local lad Arjun Kadhe lost to Canadian Brayden Schunur in the second round in the $50,000 KPIT ATP Challenger men's tennis event here on Wednesday.
Sasi Kumar Mukund extends winning streak
PUNE: Sasi Kumar Mukund maintained his dream run to oust sixth seed Jay Clarke and move into the quarterfinals, but local lad Arjun Kadhe lost to Canadian Brayden Schunur in the second round in the $50,000 KPIT ATP Challenger men's tennis event here on Wednesday.
It was a tale of two wildcards. Mukund, ranked 355 in the world, was leading the 181st-ranked Briton 5-7, 6-4, 4-1 when the latter conceded with a back spasm.
The 370thranked Kadhe, who had knocked out second seed and India No. 2 Ramkumar Ramanathan in the opening round, tried to match Bengaluru Open semi-finalist Schnur shot for shot but eventually ran out of steam to go down 5-7, 2-6 on the Centre Court at the Balewadi sports complex.
Mukund will take on top Radu Albot. Schnur, faces Frederico Ferreira Silva.
Chennai's 21-year-old Mukund broke Clarke in the third game for an early lead, but the 20-year-old from Derby fought back to uncork back to back breaks in the 10th and 12th games to snatch a 1-0 lead.
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K Kumaraswamy

K Kumaraswamy is a principal correspondent at The Times of India, Pune, and covers sports. He has been based in Delhi and Mumbai before shifting to Pune. A PG Diploma holder, Kumar has reported on Indian cricket, tennis, football and motor sports. He has been writing on Indian shooting recently.

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