Playing in a USD 15,000 event Toronto, Sanam beat Korea's Duck Hee Lee Korea 6-3 6-3 in the first round. He next faces Amercian Evan King.
Also scoring a win was Vijayant Malik, who defeated local qualifier Alexandru Pasareanu 6-3 6-0
In the doubles, Sanam and Malik shocked second seeded pair of Daniel Chu and Erik Vhvojka 7-5 6-4 to make the quarterfinals, where they are up against America's Sekou Banggoura and Eric Quigley.
However, former national champion and fifth seed Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan lost to Ecuadore qualifier Sebastian Rivera 6-7 (1) 4-6.
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But Ranjeet tasted success in doubles as he and Balaji, top seeds, beat Adham Elganainy and Youssef Hossam 6-1 6-2.
They next face Tuniusia's Skander Mansouri and Brazil's Marlon Oliveira.
In, London, Ronnak Manuja lost 2-6 1-7 to British seventh seed Lewis Burton in the first round in his first round.