<p>Unseeded Vignesh Veerabhadran stunned top seed Sourav Sukul 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round of the men’s singles in the AITA Pro Circuit Championships at the KSLTA Stadium here on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>In other matches, third seed Nitin Kirtane eased past Suraj Kanwar 6-1, 6-3 while former Davis Cupper and seventh seed Vijay Kannan outplayed Saurabh Patil 6-1, 6-3.<br /><br />Lakshit Sood gave a tough fight to fourth seed Vaidik Munshaw, before going down 2-6, 6-3, 3-6.<br /><br />In the women’s singles, top seed, Eetee Mehta drubbed local lass Shalaka Uddur 6-4, 6-1.<br />Two other Karnataka players, Preethi Ujjini and Rachita Sarda, also failed to clear the first hurdle.<br /><br />Results (first round): Men: Vignesh Veerabhadran bt Sourav Sukul 6-2, 6-4; Vijay Kannan bt Saurabh Patil 6-1, 6-3; Yogesh Phogat bt Rajat Maheshwar 6-1, 6-1; Tushar Mandlekar bt Arpit Sharma 7-5, 6-1; Vaidik Munshaw bt Lakshit Sood 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Nitin Kirtane bt Suraj Kanwar 6-1, 6-3; Shahbaz Khan bt Sai Saran Reddy 6-2, 6-3; Vinod Sridhar bt Brahmajith Singh 6-1, 6-2. <br /><br />Women: Damini Sharma bt Preethi Ujjini 6-3, 6-2; Nithyraj Baburaj bt Joushini Tuli 6-1, 6-1; Eetee Mehta bt Shalaka Uddur 6-4, 6-1; Zainab Ali Sajjad bt Sanya Madan 6-3, 6-1; Sahan Shetty bt Sagarike Phadke 6-4, 6-2; Niku Amin bt Rachita Sarda 6-4, 6-2.</p>
<p>Unseeded Vignesh Veerabhadran stunned top seed Sourav Sukul 6-2, 6-4 in the opening round of the men’s singles in the AITA Pro Circuit Championships at the KSLTA Stadium here on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>In other matches, third seed Nitin Kirtane eased past Suraj Kanwar 6-1, 6-3 while former Davis Cupper and seventh seed Vijay Kannan outplayed Saurabh Patil 6-1, 6-3.<br /><br />Lakshit Sood gave a tough fight to fourth seed Vaidik Munshaw, before going down 2-6, 6-3, 3-6.<br /><br />In the women’s singles, top seed, Eetee Mehta drubbed local lass Shalaka Uddur 6-4, 6-1.<br />Two other Karnataka players, Preethi Ujjini and Rachita Sarda, also failed to clear the first hurdle.<br /><br />Results (first round): Men: Vignesh Veerabhadran bt Sourav Sukul 6-2, 6-4; Vijay Kannan bt Saurabh Patil 6-1, 6-3; Yogesh Phogat bt Rajat Maheshwar 6-1, 6-1; Tushar Mandlekar bt Arpit Sharma 7-5, 6-1; Vaidik Munshaw bt Lakshit Sood 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Nitin Kirtane bt Suraj Kanwar 6-1, 6-3; Shahbaz Khan bt Sai Saran Reddy 6-2, 6-3; Vinod Sridhar bt Brahmajith Singh 6-1, 6-2. <br /><br />Women: Damini Sharma bt Preethi Ujjini 6-3, 6-2; Nithyraj Baburaj bt Joushini Tuli 6-1, 6-1; Eetee Mehta bt Shalaka Uddur 6-4, 6-1; Zainab Ali Sajjad bt Sanya Madan 6-3, 6-1; Sahan Shetty bt Sagarike Phadke 6-4, 6-2; Niku Amin bt Rachita Sarda 6-4, 6-2.</p>
