Seeded players in second round

Unperturbed by the first set loss, Arathi fought back and executed some fine forehand winners before taking the second set. In the decider, Arathi never allowed her rival to settle and wrapped up the match, which lasted 95 minutes.

In another first round encounter, fifth seed Rushmi Chakravarthi defeated Sandhya Kanury 6-2, 6-2. In other matches, Sumithra Rao outclassed Rani Simmi 6-2, 6-4, while Sonal Phadke defeated Janaki Krishnamurthy 7-6 7-2, 6-1.

Oindrilla Mazumdar beat Tara Kambargimath 6-3, 6-1, whileRadhika Tulpule thrashed Smit Stuti 6-0, 6-0 and Geetha Manohar defeated Padma Mahalingam 6-0, 6-1.

In the doubles section, fourth seed pair of Gautham Sheethal and Shruthi Dhawan outclassed Preethi Rao and Sonal Phadke 6-2, 6-4 in an hour while Sandhya Kanury and Geetha Manohar beat Raje Kalpita and Sricharanya Thiagarajan 6-1, 6-4.