The bad day for the seeded players continued as second seed Maharashtra’s Aditya Madkekar, nursing a shoulder injury, conceded the match to statemate Shabaaz Khan after trailing 1-4 in the opening set.
Former Davis Cupper and wild card entrant Haryana’s Sunil Sipaeya upset third seed Mithun Murali from Tamil Nadu 7-5 6-4 to enter the men’s second round of the Rs10 lakh prize money All-India Open tennis championship being played at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club here on Tuesday.
The bad day for the seeded players continued as second seed Maharashtra’s Aditya Madkekar, nursing a shoulder injury, conceded the match to statemate Shabaaz Khan after trailing 1-4 in the opening set.
In women’s action, Gujarat’s unseeded Vaibhavi Trivedi defeated eighth seed Shruti Archita from Maharashtra 6-4 6-0 to enter the quarterfinal. In another match, fifth seed Zainab Sajjad of AP beat Haryana’s Ankita Bhatia 7-6(4) 6-4. Zainab will meet TN’s Sharon Paul, who blanked Maharashtra’s Sayli Bilhare 6-0 6-0, in the quarterfinal. For Australian Tepper Anneliese, it was not an easy tour to the city. Goan Natasha Palha, seeded sixth, got the better of the Aussie youngster by 6-2 6-4. Natasha will meet Vaibhavi in the other quarterfinal.
Results
Men’s: (1st round): 1-PC Vignesh (AP) bt P Mishra (Del) 6-2 6-0; SV Abhishek (AP) bt A Wakalkar (Mah) 6-1 6-3; 8-AS Suresh (AP) bt B Bhardwaj (Har) 6-4 6-3; S Sipaeya (Har) bt 3-M Murali (TN) 7-5 6-4; S Ahuja (Mah) bt V Arvind (AP) 6-1 7-6(2); N Siwach (Goa) bt S Patil (Mah) 6-4 6-0; 5-N Kirrtane (Mah) bt C Sood (UP) 6-4 6-1; 7-K Anand (Del) bt M Singh (Har) 6-1 6-2; A Khade (Mah) bt K N Sai (AP) 6-2 6-1; 4-Y Nelord (Del) bt A Selvaraj (TN) 6-3 6-1; A Yadav bt J Soni (Guj) 7-5 6-4; R Maheshwar (Mah) bt A Jain (Del) 6-4 6-2; V Veerabhadran (TN) bt D Bains (Chd) 4-6 6-2 6-2; 6-R Gide (Mah) bt L Sood (UP) 6-4 6-1; S Sukul (WB) bt R Shandilya (Del) 6-3 6-1; S Khan (Mah) bt 2-A Madkekar (Mah) 4-1 (Conceded)
Women’s: (pre-quarters): 6-N Palha (Goa) bt T Anneliese (Aus) 6-2 6-4; S Paul (TN) bt S Bilhare (Mah) 6-0 6-0; 5-Z Sajjad (AP) bt A Bhatia (HR) 7-6(4) 6-4; V Trivedi (Guj) bt 8-S Archita (Mah) 6-4 6-0
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