Calcutta: Local favourite Saurav Sukul began his campaign in style as the fifth seed thrashed unheralded Saurabh Patil of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-1 in the opening round of the men’s singles of the Indian Jute-AITA National Grasscourt Tennis Championship at the South Club on Monday.

In another match, Abhijeet Tiwari of Chhattisgarh defeated Tamil Nadu’s Vinod Sridhar 6-4, 6-2, while Delhi’s Adit Jain went past Bihar’s Amlesh Kumar 6-1, 6-1.

Results

Men’s singles first round: Abhijeet Tiwari (Chg) bt Vinod Sridhar (TN) 6-4, 6-2, Saurav Sukul (Ben) bt Saurabh Patil (Mah) 6-2, 6-1, Adit Jain (Del) bt Amlesh Kumar (Bih) 6-1, 6-1.

Men’s doubles: Saurabh Singh/Rakshay Thakkar (Del/Mah) bt P. C. Vignesh/A. S. Suresh Krishna (AP) 7-6 (7-4), 3-6 (10-5), Christopher Marquis/Rupesh Roy (Mah/Ben) bt Abhijeet Tiwari/Saurva Sukul (Chg/Ben) 3-6, 6-3 (10-8), Saketh Myneni/Vijay Kannan (AP/TN) bt Saurabh Patil/Adit Jain (Mah/Del) 6-1, 6-3, Kamal Suresh/Krishna Karsolia (Kar/Del) bt Dhruv Kumar/Robin Das (Ben) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), Tejas Chaukalkar/Ronak Manuja (Mah) bt Vinod Sewa/Manoj Sewa 6-4, 6-4, Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash/Fariz Mohammad (TN) bt Vaidik Munshaw /Arpit Sharma (Guj/Raj) 6-1, 6-4, Rynold Timothy/V. Vignesh (Kar/TN) bt Sidharth Rawat/Yogesh Phogat (UP/Har) 6-4, 6-4.

Women’s doubles: Smriti Joon/Vaniya Dangwal Har/ Del) bt Sameera Kamil/Victoria Chahal (Del) 6-1, 6-4, Sweta Rana/Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Shruti Archita/Sahan Shetty (Mah/ Kar) 6-1, 6-4, Namita Bal/Arantxya Andrady (Mah/Del) bt Madhuri Patere/ Mohana Sarkar (Mah/Ben) 6-2, 6-1, Abhilasha Ahuja/ Reya Bhatia (Har/Del) bt Bhararti Bylapudi/R. Vijaylakshmi (Mah/TN) 6-0, 6-1, Sayali Bhilare/ Sagarika Phadke (Mah) bt Steffy Sangani/Niku Amin (Guj) 6-3, 7-5, Amrita Mukherjee/Sansita Nandakumar (Ben/TN) bt Nupur Kaul/Nehel Sahni (Mah/Del) 6-2, 6-1.