India’s Arjun Kadhe and Vijay Sundar Prashanth stunned second seeds Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner by knocking them out in straight sets to advance to the semifinals of the Swiss Open in Gstaad, Switzerland. The unseeded Indians shocked the higher-ranked Germans 6-3 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinals of the Euro 596,035 clay court tournament.

Kadhe has one ATP title under his belt, having won the Almaty ATP 250 event last year with compatriot Rithvik Bollipalli.

The Indian pair got an early break and went up 3-1. Though they let go of the advantage by dropping serve, they soon overpowered the Germans one more time to take a 5-3 lead and earn an opportunity to surge ahead in the quarterfinal contest. Kadhe came out to serve for the opening set and did the job after losing two points.

Both pairs played solid service games in the second set. There was no break of serve and the set was extended to a tie-breaker. The Indians trailed 0-3 after Kadhe lost both points on his serve,m but they bounced back to make it even as Schnaitter also lost consecutive points on his serve. Kadhe and Prashanth quickly closed the match after Wallner lost a point on his serve at 5-4.