Two more seeds crashed out of the $162,500 Bengaluru Open here on Friday with Italian Julian Ocleppo and Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi ousting their fancied opponents in the quarterfinals.
The 22-year-old Ocleppo knocked out 13th seeded Ilya Ivashka of Belarus 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-4 in a three-setter that lasted two hours and 40 minutes.
Another seed bit the dust in the form of number three Yuichi Sugita who went down to Bonzi 7-6(5), 5-7, 4-6.
Bonzi will next meet second seed Stefano Travaglia of Italy who overcame a stiff challenge from 11th seed Blaz Rola of Slovakia before prevailing 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in one hour and 56 minutes.
Ocleppo faces another stiff hurdle in the semifinals where he is pitted against fourth seed James Duckworth of Australia who overcame ninth seed Thomas Fabbiano of Italy 6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles (Semifinals)
Matthew Ebden / Leander Paes vs [2] Jonathan Erlich) / Andrei Vasilevski
Saketh Myneni / Matt Reid vs [4] Purav Raja/ Ramkumar Ramanathan.