Aljaz Bedene battles through to last eight at Chennai Open

05 January 2017 05:24

Aljaz Bedene survived a three-hour tussle with Martin Klizan to reach the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open.

The British number four has an excellent record at the Indian tournament having never failed to make the last eight in five visits.

He reached the final as a qualifier two years ago and pulled off another impressive result against fourth seed Klizan.

It needed a huge effort from the Slovenian-turned-Briton, ranked 101, as he prevailed 7-6 (7/3) 6-7 (2/7) 7-6 (7/2) after three hours and four minutes.

Bedene must recover quickly for a clash with French fifth seed Benoit Paire on Friday.

Source: PA