The Indian tennis duo Arjun Kadhe and Vijay Sundar Prashanth knocked out second seeds Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner in straight sets to advance to the semi-finals of the Swiss Open in Gstaad, Switzerland.
The unseeded Indians shocked the higher-ranked Germans 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in the quarter-finals of the clay court tournament.
The Indian pair got an early break to go up 3-1 but dropped serve to let go of the advantage. However, they put the Germans under the pump one more time to take a 5-3 lead and earn an opportunity to nose ahead in the quarter-final contest. Kadhe came out to serve for the opening set and did the job after losing two points.
Both pairs played solid service games in the second set. There was no break of serve and the set was stretched to a tie-breaker.
The Indians trailed 0-3 after Kadhe lost both points on his serve, but they roared back to make it even-steven as Schnaitter also lost consecutive points on his serve.
Kadhe and Prashanth quickly closed the match after Wallner lost a point on his serve at 5-4.
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