Madikeri, Jul. 30: Kodagu-based Kalianda Nikki Poonacha has reached the quarterfinals of the Los Cabos Open tennis tournament being held in Mexico.
In the men's doubles category of the tournament, he defeated the four-time Grand Slam champion Rajiv Ram (USA) and Salisbury (UK) in two straight sets 6-3, 6-4 to enter the quarterfinals.
He will play the quarterfinals against the Mexican pair of Alvarez and Magadan on July 31. Poonacha recently won the ATP Challenger-100 doubles title in France.
V. B. Nikki, an A-level graduate, is the son of Kalianda Poonacha and Veena, originally from Kakkabbe and currently residing in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh.
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