Former India Davis Cupper Sunil Kumar Sipaeya beat third-seeded Mithun Murali 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the Videocon all-India Open Tennis Championship, hosted by Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club on Tuesday.
The results: Men: First round : P C Vignesh (AP) bt Pulkit Mishra (Del) 6-2, 6-0; S V Abhishek (AP) bt Amod Wakalkar (Mah) 6-1, 6-3; A S Suresh (AP) bt Bharat Bhardwaj (Har) 6-4, 6-3; Sunil Sipaeya (Har) bt Mithun Murali (TN) 7-5, 6-4; Sagar Ahuja (Mah) bt Vishnu Arvind (AP) 6-1, 7-6(2); Nikunj Siwach (Goa) bt Saurabh Patil (Mah) 6-4, 6-0. Nitin Kirrtane (Mah) bt Chandril Sood (UP) 6-4, 6-1; Kunal Anand (Del) bt Maninder Singh (HAR) 6-1, 6-2; Arjun Khade (Mah) bt Kartik N. Sai (AP) 6-2, 6-1; Yanick Nelord (Del) bt Ajai Selvaraj (TN) 6-3, 6-1; Ajay Yadav bt Jay Soni (Guj) 7-5, 6-4; Rajat Maheshwar (Mah) bt Adit Jain (Del) 6-4, 6-2; Vignesh Veerabhadran (TN) bt Deepinder Bains (Chn) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Rohan Gide (Mah) bt Lakshit Sood (UP) 6-4, 6-1; Saurav Sukul (Ben) bt Rubal Shandilya (Del) 6-3, 6-1; Shabaaz Khan (Mah) bt Aditya Madkekar (Mah) 4-1 (conceded).
Women: Pre-quarterfinal: Natasha Palha (Goa) bt Tepper Anneliese (Aus) 6-2, 6-4; Sharon Paul (TN) bt Sayli Bilhare (Mah) 6-0, 6-0; Zainab Sajjad (AP) bt Ankita Bhatia (Har) 7-6(4), 6-4; Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj) bt Shruti Archita (Mah) 6-4, 6-0.
