Sipaeya upsets Murali in All-India Open Tennis Championship

MUMBAI: Former Davis Cupper and wild card entrant Sunil Sipaeya of Haryana upset third seed Mithun Murali from Tamil Nadu 7-5, 6-4 to enter the men's second round of the Rs. 10 lakh prize money Videocon-All-India Open Tennis Championship, at Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club on Tuesday.
The jinx for seeded players continued as second seed Aditya Madkekar, nursing a shoulder injury, conceded his match to statemate Shabaaz Khan after trailing 1-4 in the opening set.
In women's action, Gujarat's unseeded Vaibhavi Trivedi defeated eight seed Shruti Archita from Maharashtra 6-4, 6-0 to enter the quarterfinal. In the other match, fifth seed Zainab Sajjad of AP beat Haryana's Ankita Bhatia 7-6 (4), 6-4. In the quarterfinal she will meet Tamil Nadu's Sharon Paul, who blanked Maharashtra's Sayli Bilhare 6-0, 6-0.
Results:
Men's: (1st round): 1-P.C.Vignesh (AP) bt Pulkit Mishra (Del) 6-2, 6-0; S.V.Abhishek (AP) bt Amod Wakalkar (Mah) 6-1, 6-3; 8-A.S.Suresh (AP) bt Bharat Bhardwaj (HAR) 6-4, 6-3; Sagar Ahuja (Mah) bt Vishnu Arvind (AP) 6-1, 7-6(2); Nikunj Siwach (Goa) bt Saurabh Patil (Mah) 6-4, 6-0.