Ghouse, Manoj Mahadevan
in last eight

Top seed Mustafa Ghouse and fifth seeded Manoj Mahadevan posted straight set victories to sail into the singles quarter-finals in the $6250 second leg ITF men's Satellite tennis tournament, at the Dr Ranade Centre, in Mumbai, on Wednesday.

Mahadevan took an hour-and-a-half to sideline Rishi Sridhar 6-4, 6-3 while Ghouse needed a first set tie-break to subdue Shivang Mishra 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 in match lasting an hour and 55 minutes.

Eighth seed Rafael Moreno-Negrin of Spain beat unseeded Ciaran Moore of South Africa 6-3, 6-0 in 65 minutes as unseeded Vijay Kannan drubbed qualifier Karan Rastogi 6-2, 6-3.

In another pre-quarter-final between two unseeded players, Raviv Volkovitzky of Israel defeated giant-killer Sebastian Niedermayer of Germany, who had accounted for second seed Tomer Suissa of Isreal in a late night match on Tuesday, 6-4, 6-4.

Wild card Sandeep Kirtane had an easy outing, beaing unseeded Igor Levine of Russia 6-2, 6-1 in 62 minutes.

In the quarter-finals on Thursday, Ghouse will take on Ciaran Moore while Vijay Kannan will play Sandeep Kirtane.

Results: (second round) (prefix denotes seeding. Indians unless stated):
5-Manoj Mahadevan beat Rishi Sridhar 6-2, 6-3; 1-Mustafa Ghouse beat Shivang Mishra 7-6 (7), 6-4; Vijay Kannan beat Karan Rastogi 6-2, 6-3; Raviv Volkovitzky (Rus) beat Sebastian Niedermayer (Ger) 6-4, 6-4; Rafael Moreno-Negrin (Esp) beat Ciaran Moore (SA) 6-3, 6-0.

Yesterday's report
Japnese qualifier shocks Kirtane