ISLAMABAD, Oct 16: Upsets in the Pakistan Futures International Tennis Championship continued on Thursday as China’s fifth seed Hsin-Han Lee crushed top seed Bogdan Leonte of Romania in straight sets here at the PTF Tennis Complex.

In the first set, the score went up to 3-all as both the players held their respective serves. Lee built up the winning lead 5-3 breaking the eighth game of Leonte in which he conceded two double faults. The Chinese won the first set 6-3 holding his service with the help of two aces.

In the second set, Lee boosted the lead to 3-1 by breaking Leonte’s first game. Lee took the set 6-4 and the match.

In the other quarter-finals, Russia’s Mikhail Vasiliev, Great Britain’s Maniel Bains and Adrian Sikora of Slovakia won their respective matches.

Bains continued his wining streak, hammering the seventh seed Filenkov 6-3, 6-2.

In-form Sikora routed eighth seed Alekseenko Vadim of Russia 6-3, 6-3 while third seed Vasiliev beat sixth seed Feaver James of Great Britain 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Results:

Men’s singles:

Quarter-finals: Hsin-Han Lee (China) bt Bogdan Leonte (Romania) 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Vasiliev (Russia) bt Feaver James (Great Britain) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Maniel Bains (Great Britain) bt Alexei Filenkov (Russia) 6-3, 6-2; Adrian Sikora (Slovakia) bt Vadim Alekseenko (Russia) 6-3, 6-3.

Men’s doubles:

Quarter finals: Gide Rohan/Roy Rupesh (India) bt Filenkov Alexei(Russia)/Leonte, Bogdan-victor (Romania) 7-6 (4), 6-1; Sikora Adrian (Slovakia)/Tauber Patrick (Great Britain) bt Alekseenko Glen (Ukraine)/ Alekseenko Vadim (Ukraine) 7-5, 3-6 (10-4); Chen I-Ta/Lee Hsin–Han (China) bt Jibran Mohammadi (Pakistan)/Asim Shafik (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-2; Abbdukhalikov (Kazakhstan)/Vasiliev Mikhail (Russia) bt Shahzad Khan/Jalil Khan (Pakistan) 6-1, 6-4.