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Sunil Kumar upsets Adam Vejmelka

KOLKATA: Sunil Kumar ousted top seed Adam Vejmelka of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-1 in the first round of the ITF men's Futures tennis tournament here on Tuesday.

The talented left-hander, ranked 733, will be challenged by compatriot Vivek Shokeen in the next round.

Sanam Singh dismissed the eighth-seeded Alexander Kudryavtsev of Russia 6-1, 6-4 while Divij Sharan emphasised his standing as the fifth-seed against another Russian, Andrei Stoliarov, with a 6-4, 6-0 win.

The results: First round: Sunil Kumar bt Adam Vejmelka (Cze) 6-3, 6-1; Gabriel Moraru (Rom) bt Akshay Bajoria 6-1, 6-2; Siarhel Betau (Blr) bt Pathanjali Ravishankar 6-4, 6-1; Sanam Singh bt Alexander Kudryavtsev (Rus) 6-1, 6-4; Divij Sharan bt Andrei Stoliarov (Rus) 6-4, 6-0; Artemon Apostu-Efremov (Rom) bt Kai-Lung Chang (Tpe) 6-0, 6-3; Aditya Madkekar bt Yuri Bezeruk (Aus) 7-5, 6-3; Alexei Kedriouk (Kaz) bt Rohan Gide 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vinod Sridhar and Vishnu Vardhan bt Vivek Shokeen and Sanam Singh 6-3, 6-0; Stephen Amritraj and Divij Sharan bt Kamala Kannan and Aditya Madkekar 6-7 (8), 7-5, 6-2; Kai-Lung Chang and Chu-Huan Yi (Tpe) bt Jaco Mathew and Vijay Sundar Prashant 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1; Todor Enev and Simeon Ivanov (Bul) bt Tushar Liberhan and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6-4, 6-2.

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