Niki Poonacha-Courtney Lock in doubles semi-finals

Indian tennis player Niki Poonacha and Zimbabwe’s Courtney John Lock made the semi-finals in doubles at the Delhi Open 2025 tennis tournament on Thursday.

Poonacha-Lock made the top four following a hard-fought victory over Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki and Kaito Uesugi, the Chennai Open 2025 champions, in the quarter-finals at the DLTA Complex.

The Indo-Zimbabwean tennis pair won the three-set thriller 6-3, 2-6, 10-5.

Second seeds Poonacha and Lock will face Great Britain’s Jay Clarke and Johannes Ingildsen of Denmark, the third seeds, in the semis.

Clarke and Ingildsen battled back from a set down to oust Michael Geerts and Kimmer Coppejans, winning their quarter-final fixture 4-6, 6-2, 10-5.

Meanwhile, Vit Kopriva and Billy Harris continued their runs at the 2025 Delhi Open on Thursday, sealing their berths in the singles quarter-finals with comfortable wins over their respective opponents.

Meanwhile, top seed and world No. 127 Vit Kopriva made the quarter-finals in singles after securing a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Czech compatriot Dalibor Svrcina.

Later in the day, Kopriva teamed up with Hynek Barton in the doubles event and produced another 6-4, 6-1 win over Kris Van Wyk and Eric Vanshelboim to book a spot in the semi-finals.

Japan’s Masamichi Imamura and Rio Noguchi will be facing Kopriva-Barton in the semis after dispatching Enzo Couacaud and Kelsey Stevenson in two sets.

Singles second seed Billy Harris celebrated his 13-place jump in the ATP rankings by defeating Australian James McCabe in straight sets, confirming his place in the quarter-finals.

Earlier, in an intense singles battle on the Centre Court, sixth seed Mochizuki overcame a slow start to rally past Hynek Barton, sealing a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory. The 2019 Wimbledon Boys' Singles champion showed resilience, turning the match around after dropping the opening set with a strong service game.

Elsewhere, Sweden’s Elias Ymer, who entered the singles event as a Special Exempt, set up a quarter-final clash against Harris after defeating Egor Agafanov in straight sets.

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