Balaji and Ramkumar to clash in Chennai ITF tournament

Fourth seed N Sriram Balaji overcame a poor start to beat Van Den Honert of the Netherlands 2-6 6-2 6-1 and set up a quarterfinal clash against compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the USD 10,000 ITF Futures tournament, here today.
Fifth Ramkumar defeated Uzbekistan's Sergey Shipilov 7-5 6-1 in his second round match.
Results: Singles: Sanam SINGH (IND) [3] bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) 6-2 6-3 ; N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) [4] bt Vincent VAN DEN HONERT (NED) 2-6 6-2 6-1 ; Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) [2] bt Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 6-1 6-2 ; Ramkumar RAMANATHAN (IND) [5] bt Sergey SHIPILOV (UZB) 7-5 6-1 ; Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN (IND) [8] bt Sarvar IKRAMOV (UZB) 6-4 6-0 ; Vijayant MALIK (IND) [6] bt Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 7-6(5) 6-2 ; Enrique LOPEZ-PEREZ (ESP) [1] bt Ronit Singh BISHT (IND) 6-1 6-1 ; Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR) [7] bt SAI SARAN REDDY (IND) 6-2 6-3.

Doubles:
Arun-Prakash RAJAGOPALAN (IND) [3] / Ramkumar RAMANATHAN bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) / Vijayant MALIK (IND) 6-3 6-4 ; N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN bt Sarvar IKRAMOV (UZB) / Sergey SHIPILOV 6-3 6-1 ; Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) [2] / Vishnu VARDHAN (IND) bt Ronit Singh BISHT (IND) / Abhijeet TIWARI (IND) 6-1 6-2 ; Jannis LINIGER (SUI) / N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND) bt Ronak MANUJA (IND) / Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) 3-6 6-3 (10-7).