Jiri Wesley of the Czech Republic has reached the semi-finals of the singles matches of the third edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra released at the Mahalunga Balewadi Stadium in here. At the same time, Wesley defeated Ilya Ivaska of Belarus in a thrilling three-set match. Wesley beat the match 2–6, 6–1, 7–6 (13–11).

According to the information received, the only hope of India now rests on the pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Purab Raja in South Asia's only ATP Tour tournament organized by Maharashtra Lawn Tennis Association (MLTA) in collaboration with the Government of Maharashtra. The pair will face third seed Jonathan Irich and Andrei Vasilevski in the second doubles semifinal to be held today. On Thursday, Ramanathan and Raja defeated the Indian duo of Leander Paes and Matthew Ebden 6-2, 6-1. In the meantime, Andre Goranson and Christopher Rungkat defeated Romain Anderdo and Andre Begemann 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) to enter the final of the doubles on Friday. The 26-year-old Wesley made a great comeback despite losing the first set 2-6 and won the second set 6-1. Although the third set went to a tiebreaker, Welsey won the match by naming the set 7-6 (13-11).

Let us tell you that Wesley, who defeated Valard number-1 Serbia's Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the year 2016, said after the match, "It was a very close match. I think I was definitely lucky. The match Afterwards Iwaska should have got more than this. We were both quite nervous. " In another thrilling and close quarter-final match, second seed Lithuania's Ricardas Berankis made a stunning comeback after losing the first set to beat Yuichi Sugita of Japan 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

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