JOIN US Four of the five seeded players who took to the Infosys courts on Tuesday cruised through to the last 16 but seventh seed Vinayak Sharma Kaza made heavy weather of his first round match, squandering three match points in the second set before prevailing in the Sobha ITF Mysuru Open.
Indian Davis Cupper and top seed Ramkumar Ramnathan, second seed Karunuday Singh, Olympian and former Davis Cupper Vishnu Vardhan and Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan ensured they spent as little time as possible on court, disposing off their respective opponents in straight sets.
Another impressive winner was Pune boy Anvit Bendre who ousted lucky loser Sandeep Choudhary in straight sets, the latter showing some determination in the second set which went into the tie-breaker.
In doubles play, last week’s ITF Mandya Open winners, Anvit Bendre and Akash Wagh had to eat humble pie.
Results (Round 1, Indian unless stated): Singles: Vinayak Sharma Kaza bt Ronit Singh Bist 6-4, 6-7 (6-7),7-6 (3); Anvit Bendre bt Sandeep Choudhary 6-1, 7-6 (7), Karunuday Singh bt Akash Wagh 6-2, 6-1; Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan bt Chandril Sood 6-3, 6-4; (8) Vishnu Vardhan bt Jayesh Pungliya 6-3, 6-3; Ramkumar Ramnathan bt Aitya Deswal 6-3, 6-4; Lakshit Sood bt Aditya Tewari 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles: Bhavesh Gour/ Sidarth Rawat bt (3) Anvit Bendre/Akash Bendre 6-3, 7-5; Jui-Chen Hung (Tpe)/ Sasi Kumar Mukund bt Haadin Bava/ Shahbaaz Khan 7-5, 3-6, 10-7; Mohit Mayur/ Vinayak Sharma bt S D Prajwal Dev/ Suraj Probodh 6-2, 7-6 (7); Jayesh Pungliya/ Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Sahil Gaware/ Kunal Vazirani 6-4, 7-5; Ramkumar Ramnathan/ Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan bt Shotaro Goto/ Kazuma Kawachi 6-3, 7-6 (4).