<p>Sagar scored a convincing 6-4, 6-3 win over State-mate Vishwanath Savadi in the first round. Archana also had an easy outing, routing Parman Johar of Gujarat 6-0, 6-1 in the women’s singles first round match.<br /><br />Another State player Krutika S Raj progressed when her team-mate Vidya Bharath conceded the tie in the second set. Krutika was leading 6-7 (1), 4-1 when her opponent retired.<br /><br />Hosts’ players Vishnu Jinan, Veera Vasanth and Kamal Suresh Kumar bit the dust in the men’s section while Shalaka Manjunath failed to go past the women’s singles first round.<br />While the State players went through a day of mixed luck, men’s top seed Vijay Sundar Prashanth of Tamil Nadu posted a clinical 6-0, 6-0 win over Uttar Pradesh’s Srivastava while TN’s Mithun Murali, seeded second, registered an 6-4, 6-4 victory over Haryana’s Bharat Bharadwaj.<br /><br />Results (first round, prefix denotes seeding): Men: 1-Vijay Sundar Prashanth (TN) bt Srivastava Abhilash (UP) 6-0, 6-0; Sagar Manjanna (Kar) bt Vishwanath Savadi (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; Elwin Antony (TN) bt Murtaza Lohani (TN) 6-4, 6-2; 8-Chandril Sood (UP) bt Bharath Parthasarthy (TN) 6-1, 6-2; Vijay Kannan (TN) bt Adit Jain (Del) 6-2, 6-3; 7-Vinod Sridhar (TN) bt Amod Wakalkar (Mah) 6-0, 6-3; Aaditya Tewari (MP) bt Vishnu Jinan (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; Neeraj Elangovan (TN) bt Veera Vasanth (Kar) 6-3, 6-2; 4-Kunal Anand (Del) bt Sagar Ahuja (Mah) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; 6-Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) bt Kamal Suresh Kumar (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; Bestha Vishnu Arvind (AP) bt Rohit Sarwate (Mah) 6-4, 6-2; 2-Mithun Murali (TN) bt Bharat Bharadwaj (Har) 6-4, 6-4.<br /><br />Women: Sowjanya Bavisetti (AP) bt Surya Tejaswini (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Sharon Paul (TN) bt 3-Zainab Ali Sajjad (AP) 6-3, 6-2; Sowmya Pulumati (AP) bt M Arthi (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Seeulee Upadhyaya (Ori) bt Shalaka Manjunath (Kar) 7-5, 6-3; Krutika S Raj (Kar) bt Vidya Bharath (Kar) 6-7(1), 4-1 (retired); Archana Venkatraman (Kar) bt Parman Johar (Guj) 6-0, 6-1.</p>
<p>Sagar scored a convincing 6-4, 6-3 win over State-mate Vishwanath Savadi in the first round. Archana also had an easy outing, routing Parman Johar of Gujarat 6-0, 6-1 in the women’s singles first round match.<br /><br />Another State player Krutika S Raj progressed when her team-mate Vidya Bharath conceded the tie in the second set. Krutika was leading 6-7 (1), 4-1 when her opponent retired.<br /><br />Hosts’ players Vishnu Jinan, Veera Vasanth and Kamal Suresh Kumar bit the dust in the men’s section while Shalaka Manjunath failed to go past the women’s singles first round.<br />While the State players went through a day of mixed luck, men’s top seed Vijay Sundar Prashanth of Tamil Nadu posted a clinical 6-0, 6-0 win over Uttar Pradesh’s Srivastava while TN’s Mithun Murali, seeded second, registered an 6-4, 6-4 victory over Haryana’s Bharat Bharadwaj.<br /><br />Results (first round, prefix denotes seeding): Men: 1-Vijay Sundar Prashanth (TN) bt Srivastava Abhilash (UP) 6-0, 6-0; Sagar Manjanna (Kar) bt Vishwanath Savadi (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; Elwin Antony (TN) bt Murtaza Lohani (TN) 6-4, 6-2; 8-Chandril Sood (UP) bt Bharath Parthasarthy (TN) 6-1, 6-2; Vijay Kannan (TN) bt Adit Jain (Del) 6-2, 6-3; 7-Vinod Sridhar (TN) bt Amod Wakalkar (Mah) 6-0, 6-3; Aaditya Tewari (MP) bt Vishnu Jinan (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; Neeraj Elangovan (TN) bt Veera Vasanth (Kar) 6-3, 6-2; 4-Kunal Anand (Del) bt Sagar Ahuja (Mah) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; 6-Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) bt Kamal Suresh Kumar (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; Bestha Vishnu Arvind (AP) bt Rohit Sarwate (Mah) 6-4, 6-2; 2-Mithun Murali (TN) bt Bharat Bharadwaj (Har) 6-4, 6-4.<br /><br />Women: Sowjanya Bavisetti (AP) bt Surya Tejaswini (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Sharon Paul (TN) bt 3-Zainab Ali Sajjad (AP) 6-3, 6-2; Sowmya Pulumati (AP) bt M Arthi (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Seeulee Upadhyaya (Ori) bt Shalaka Manjunath (Kar) 7-5, 6-3; Krutika S Raj (Kar) bt Vidya Bharath (Kar) 6-7(1), 4-1 (retired); Archana Venkatraman (Kar) bt Parman Johar (Guj) 6-0, 6-1.</p>
