Malik started off well but his unseeded rival used his height and strong serves well to threaten to upset the Indian.
However, Malik fought hard to prevail 5-7 6-3 6-3.
Results:
Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) bt Jatin DAHIYA (IND) 6-1 6-0 ; Vijayant MALIK (IND) bt Jannis LINIGER (SUI) 5-7 6-3 6-3 ; SAI SARAN REDDY BYREDDY (IND) bt Sasi Kumar MUKUND (IND) 6-4 6-3 ; Ashwin VIJAYRAGAVAN (IND) bt Sagar AHUJA (IND) 6-0 6-3 ; Andre GASPAR MURTA (POR) bt N. Vijay Sundar PRASHANTH (IND)6-2 4-6 6-4 and Doubles: N.Sriram BALAJI (IND) / Ranjeet VIRALI-MURUGESAN bt Rahul Robinson MANOAH (IND) / Raswant R (IND)6-3,6-2 ; Sarvar IKRAMOV (UZB) / Sergey SHIPILOV (UZB) bt Vinayak Sharma KAZA (IND) / Vignesh PERANAMALLUR (IND) 6-4,3-6 (10-7) ; Jeevan NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (IND) / Vishnu VARDHAN (IND)bt Anvit BENDRE (IND) / Akash WAGH (IND)6-3 6-4.