Purav Raja defeated third-seeded Aqeel Khan of Pakistan 6-4, 6-2 in the $10,000 ITF men’s Futures singles second round match at the Ranade Tennis Centre.
Sri Lanka’s Harshana Godamanne, the last player to get direct acceptance in the main draw, achieved a personal high by upsetting the topseeded Victor-Bogdan Leonte of Romania 2-6, 5-7.
Results: Singles (second round):
Katsushi Fukuda (Jpn) bt Rohan Gide 6-0, 4-6, 6-4; Vijayant Malik bt Ronak Manuja 6-2, 6-2; Navdeep Singh bt Ye Du (Chn) 6-2, 6-3; Purav Raja bt Aqeel Khan (Pak) 6-4, 6-2; Harshana Godamanne (SL) bt Victor-Bogdan Leonte (Rom) 6-2, 7-5; Vaja Uzakov (Uzb) bt Sarvar Ikramov (Uzb) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Divij Sharan bt Kamala Kannan 6-1, 6-1; Ryan Young (US) bt Aditya Madkekar 6-3, 6-4; Rohan Gajjar bt Vishnu Vardhan 6-2, 6-3; Hyun-Woo Nam (Kor) bt Vivek Shokeen 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles (second round):
Harsh Mankad / Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan bt Bogden-Victor Leonte (Rom) / Navdeep Singh 6-3, 6-3.