Chennai Open: Aljaz Bedene beats Ramkumar Ramanathan

Aljaz Bedene has won nine singles titles on the second-tier Challenger tour

British number two Aljaz Bedene is into the Chennai Open semi-finals after a 6-7 6-4 6-3 victory over India's Ramkumar Ramanathan.

Slovenia-born Bedene defeated the world number 248 in two hours and 18 minutes.

He will face Croatia's Borna Coric in the last four of the £290,000 tournament.

The 26-year-old, ranked a career-high 45th in the world, lost to Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka in the final last year.