Top seed Abdullah Shaikh of Andhra Pradesh and second seed Siddharth Vishwakarma of Uttar Pradesh crashed out of the singles event in the Khar Gymkhana All India Men's Open Tennis Tournament here today.
It was a memorable day for the underdogs as qualifier Faisal Qamar of Rajasthan stunned favourite Shaikh 6-2 6-2, while unseeded Kunal Anand of Delhi, a double-crown winner here in 2011, upset Vishwakarma 6-4 6-2 to storm into the quarter-finals.
In yet another upset, qualifier Shahbaz Khan shunted out eighth seed Rashein Samuel of Karnataka 4-6 7-5 6-1.
Another qualifier Aryan Goveas also advanced to the last eight following a convincing 6-0 6-4 win over Aman Shah in an all-Maharashtra tie.
The other seeds lived up to their reputations as third seed Haadin Bava of Maharashtra, fourth seed Suraj Prabodh of Karnataka, fifth seed Anvit Bendre of Maharashtra and sixth seed Vijaj Kannan of Tamil Nadu progressed to the last eight stage.
Results (Pre-quarter-finals): Faisal Qamar (Raj) bt 1-Abdullah Shaikh (AP) 6-2 6-2; 3-Haadin Bava (Mah) bt Saurabh Patil (Mah) 6-4 6-4; 6-Vijay Kanan (TN) bt Vignesh Peranamallur (AP) 1-6 6-0 7-6(4); Aryan Goveas (Mah) bt Aman Shah (Mah) 6-0 6-4; Kunal Anand (Del) bt 2-Siddharth Vishwakarma (UP) 6-4 6-2; 5-Anvit Bendre (Mah) bt Ansu Kumar Bhuyan (Ori) 6-2 6-4; 4-Suraj Prabodh (Kar) bt Suraj Konwar (Guj) 6-2 4-0 (retd); Shahbaz Khan (Mah) bt 8-Rashein Samuel (Kar) 4-6 7-5 6-1.
Doubles (1st round): Jayesh Pungliya/Armaan Bhatia bt Suraj Konwar/Abhinansu Borthakur 6-4 7-5; Bhavesh Gour/Faisal Qamar bt Darshan Srinivas/Ansu Kumar Bhuyan 7-5 6-2; Maninder Singh/S Ravi Shankar bt Shane Biddaiah/Neishit Vakil 6-4 7-5; 2-Sahil Gaware/Kunal Vazirani bt Himanshu Mehta/Anay Patil 6-1 6-2.
