Erratic Vijay falls to Wietoska in first round
German Torsten Wietoska shocked sixth seed Vijay Sundar Prashant 6-4, 6-2 in the opening round of the ITF Davangere Open men’s Futures championship on Tuesday.
Colin van Beem of the Netherlands upset Russian seventh seed Sergei Krotiouk 6-1, 6-4.
Results (first round, Indian unless specified): Torsten Wietoska (Ger) bt Vijay Sundar Prashant 6-4, 6-2; Colin van Beem (Ned) bt Sergei Krotiouk (Rus) 6-1, 6-4; Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Andre Gasper Murta (Por) 6-4, 6-0; Ashwin Vijayaraghavan bt S K Mukund 6-3, 6-2; Vivek Shokeen bt Suraj Beniwal 6-0, 1-0 (retd); Chandril Sood bt Suraj 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Neeraj Elangovan bt Alok Aradhya 6-1, 6-3; Kaza Vinayk Sharma bt Vikram Naidu 6-3, 6-3. Doubles (first round): Sagar Manjanna/ Rakhsay Thakkar bt Vijayant Malik/ Vivek Shokeen 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-3.
