Upset win for Singh

Kamaldeep held his nerve during crucial moments and won the bigger points in a closely contested affair to provide the lone upset as fancied names had few problems otherwise.

Rohan Castelino and Abhishek Yeligar both pulled off straightforward victories. While Castelino brushed aside Mohan Langoti 21-6, 21-9, Yeligar crushed C Sachin 21-8, 21-12.

Important results: Men’s singles, second round: Rohan Castelino bt Mohan Langoti 21-6, 21-9; Abhishek Yeligar bt C Sachin 21-8, 21-12; S Sanjeeth bt S Gautam 24-22, 21-6; RN Suraj bt H Sandeep 21-13, 21-13; Darshan Kulkarni bt Calvin Moras 21-3, 21-13; Dhruv Shanbhag bt Channabasava 13-21, 21-11, 21-16; Venkatesh Prasad bt Akhil Puranik 21-8, 21-8; Ajay Patil bt Chetan Kumar 21-8, 21-18; Yuvaraj Shinde bt Shubham 21-8, 21-8; G Ganesh bt H Srikanth 21-3, 21-7; Venkatesh Kamath bt Kamaldeep Singh 24-22, 21-18; M Nishanth bt Ashish 21-15, 21-10; Rajas Jawalkar bt Peddy 21-3, 21-4; Sonic Prabhudesai bt Sachin 21-17, 21-15; M Karthik bt Chetan Raj 21-6, 21-9; Rishiket Yeligar bt Balaji 21-4, 21-11; Arjun T Ram bt Shivakumar 21-12, 23-21; B Praveen bt Jagadish 21-18, 21-17; SDS Krishna bt Anirudh Shenoy 21-16, 21-6; Adarsh Monga bt Neeraj Kulkarni 21-13, 21-14. Doubles, first round: K Karthikey/Amit Kumar bt Darshan/C Sachin 21-14, 21-16; Ajay Patil/Rajas Jawalkar bt Jagadish/Sachin 21-6, 21-14; TR Jeevan/S Sanjeeth bt P Anil/B Praveen 21-18, 21-12; Neeraj Kulkarni/Shivakumar bt Nishmit/Yashwin 21-14, 21-11; Ashish/Balaji bt Channabasava/Akshay 21-13, 17-21, 25-23; Anirudh Shenoy/PC Rayeez bt Shafeer/Vasu 21-11, 21-6.