Bengaluru, February 17

Sumit Nagal could not handle the cunning approach of Italy’s Stefano Napolitano as the second-seeded Indian bowed out in the semifinals of the Bengaluru Open here today.

Seventh seed Napolitano overwhelmed Nagal 7-6(2) 6-4 after intense 2 hours and 17 minutes. He will face ninth seed Seongchan Hong of South Korea in the title clash tomorrow. Hong defeated eighth seed Spaniard Oriol Batalla 6-2 3-6 6-3.

India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni clinched the doubles crown after defeating Maxime Janvier and Constantine Kouzmine of France 6-3 6-4 in the final.