Pune boy Arjun Kadhe in boys' doubles quarters at French Open

06 June,2012 10:52 PM IST |   |  IANS

Arjun Kadhe, who's currently the Indian national doubles champion, and his partner have stormed into the quarterfinals of the boys' doubles at the French Open


Pune boy Arjun Kadhe and his Peruvian partner Jorge Brian Panta Herreros stormed into the quarterfinals of the boys' doubles at the French Open with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory over third seeds Julien Cagnina and Luke Saville here on Wednesday.

Ninteen-year-old Kadhe and Herreros dominated the first set, wrapping it up in just 20 minutes.


Arjun Kadhe and his partner have made it to the boys' doubles quarters. File Pic

However, their higher ranked opponents were never going to cave in and fought back in the second as both teams managed to break their opponents twice.

Just when it looked like the Belgian-Australian duo were getting into their rhythm, Kadhe and his partner raised their game in the tie-breaker to set up a last eight clash against Australia's Andrew Harris and Nick Kyrgios.

Kadhe, who trains under Hemant Bendrey in Pune,u00a0is currently the Indian national doubles champion.

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