Kannan allows Zitko to escape

Singles: first round Radim Zitko Czech Republic bt Vijay Kannan India 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Ivanov Smolenski Kiril Russia bt Justin Layne GBR 4-6, 6-4, 4-1 conceded; Nitin Kirtane India bt Anton Kokurin Uzbekistan 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Sandeep Kirtane India bt Saurav Panja India 6-4, 6-0; Vinod Sridhar India bt Andrei Youzhny Russia 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles first round: Rohan Bopanna/Rishi Sridhar India bt Donovan September South Africa/Jicham Zaatini Lebanon 7-5, 3-1 conceded; 1-Sandeep Kirtane/Saurav Panja Ind bt R Narendran/Vinod Sridhar Ind 6-2, 6-2; 3-Miles MacLagan GBR/Kobi Ziv Isr bt Vijay Kannan/Vishaal Uppal 7-6 6, 6-0; Boris Borgula/Ladislav Svarc Svk bt Nitin Kirtane Ind/Radim Zitko Cze 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Avinash Arun/S Ganesh Ind bt K Shivshankar/Anand Radhakrishnan Ind 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; E Kusdaryanto/H Pramono Ina bt Anton Kokurin Uzb/Manoj Mahadevan Ind 6-1, 6-3, 2-Andy Ram/Nir Welgreen Isr bt Denis Golovanov/Ivanov Smolenski Kiril Rus 7-5, 6-2.

Sunil cruises

NEW DELHI: Sunil Kumar got off to a breezy start in the first round of the ITF junior tennis circuit Delhi leg and then stopped his cooling-off session for a quick interview with a waiting TV crew. All done with immense panache.

Sunil took apart lucky loser Siddharth Sudhakar 6-0, 6-3 in quick time, only pausing to take a toilet break which further unsettled his already nervous opponent.

The upset of the day was caused by Nandita Chandrashekhar, who beat third seed Aibika Kalsarieva of Kyrgyzstan 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Results

Boys: 1-AV Rao IND bt Ashutosh Singh IND 6-2, 6-2; Vishal Punna IND bt Q-Dhananjay Kawade IND 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Vinod Kumar Sewa IND bt Makhammud Akhundjanov UZB 6-1, 6-2; 5-Karan Doctor IND bt Harshit Sharma IND 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Parantap Chaturvedi IND bt 3-Raymond Zenc SWE 7-6 4, 6-3; Adam Jaya MAL bt WC-Ritesh Chitlangia IND 5-7, 7-5, 6-1; Chandrashekhar Mohanty IND bt Anuwat Dalodom THA 6-1, 6-1; 6-P Ravikrishna IND bt Bus Holtan ROM 6-2, 6-1; 8-Sunil Kumar IND bt LL- Siddharth Sudhakar IND 6-0, 6-3; Amanjot Singh IND bt Q-Prateem Parekh IND 7-6 5, 6-3; Nishank Mishra IND bt WC-Nipun Gupta IND 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Raian Luchici ROM bt 4-Shivang Mishra IND 6-4, 6-2; 7-ALok Bhide IND bt LL-Zachari Tan MAL 6-2, 6-2; Q-Uros Kuhar SLO bt LL-Dhurb Kumar IND 6-1, 6-1; Vivek Jhaveri IND bt Radu Mangiurea SLO 0-6, 6-4, 7-5; 2-Behroozian Omar UAE bt WC-Vipin Sirpaul IND 6-1, 6-2.

Girls: 1-Shuai Peng CHN bt Ayako Tamura JPN 6-0, 6-0; Pelyuin Keng MAL bt Monika Goel IND 6-1, 6-0; Vishika Chhetri IND bt Aparna Singh IND 7-6 1, 6-7 3, 6-1; 7-Sania Mirza IND bt Radhika Rauji IND 6-3, 6-0; Nandita Chandrashekhar IND bt 3-Aibika Kalsarieva KGZ 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Samrita Sekhar IND bt Enriko Wada JPN 6-2, 6-0; Liaw Chen Yee MAL bt Anjani Kant IND 6-0, 6-1; 6-Anna Shchupak UZB bt Sai Swapana IND 6-2, 7-6 5; Yan Ze Xie CHN bt Sveta Dadhwal IND 6-0, 6-0; Geeta Manohar IND bt Dhanashree Giri IND 6-0, 6-0; Rati Kumar IND bt Olexandra Verkhniatska UZB 6-3, 6-3; 2-Liza Pereira IND bt Nischella Reddy IND 6-1, 6-1.