Defending champion Sumit Nagal on Monday began his campaign at the Bengaluru Open Tennis with a bang by defeating last year’s finalist Briton’s Jay Clarke in the opening round.
Nagal, who had won his maiden Challenger title last year, defeated Clarke 6-4 7-5.
The Indian pair of Arjun Khade and Saketh Myneni downed Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana of Thailand 6-3, 3-6,11-9 to move to the doubles quarterfinal.
In yet another doubles match, India’s S D Prajwal Dev and Niki Poonacha overwhelmed Alexander Pavlioutchenkov of Russia and Filip Peliwo of Canada 1-6, 7-6, 10-2. However, India’s Chandril Sood and Lakshit Sood bowed out after being trounced 2-6, 2-6 by Max Purcell and Luke Saville of Australia.
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