Memorable day for Goveas, Sureshkumar at Pune Challenger

Four Indian players, including wild card Aryan Goveas and Manish Sureshkumar, earned ir maiden main draw victories on ATP Challenger circuit to vance to second round of KPIT-MSLTA Challenger here on Monday. Aniruddha Chandrashekar and Chandril Sood, who mostly competes on doubles circuit, also vanced to next round at Balewi Sports Complex. Manish outwitted local boy and wildcard Anvit  Bendre 6-2 6-0 while upcoming player Chandrasekar erased a one-set deficit to get better of Kazakhstan's Timur Khabibulin  4-6 6-4 6-3 in a one hour 36-minute match.

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In a one-sided encounter, Chandril rallied past American wildcard Dhruv Mulye 6-1 6-3 in just over an hour. Maharashtra boy Goveas justified faith of organisers, scoring a 6-4 7-6(4)   win against German Tobias Simon in one hour 19 minutes. It was Goveas' third attempt to eke out a win as a wildcard in event. "I am thrilled and really played well. This win will do me a lot of good," said Goveas, who fired 11 aces to German's 15 in fast-paced match.

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In ar interesting match, 2018 national champion Siddarth Vishwakarma overcame a sluggish start to make it a contest against Japan's Yusuke Takahashi but eventually lost 0-6 6-3 3-6 in one hour 38 minutes. Reigning national champion Niki Poonacha also me an early exit, losing 6-7 (3) 3-6 to Ukrainian Danylo Kalenichenko. In ar first round match, Roman Blokhin of Russia ended challenge of  Lakshit Sood 6-4 6-2. 

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