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Purav Raja stuns Aqeel

MUMBAI: Unseeded Indian Purav Raja defeated third-seeded Aqeel Khan of Pakistan 6-4, 6-2 in the $10,000 ITF men’s Futures singles second round match at the Ranade Tennis Centre here on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka’s Harshana Godamanne, the last player to get direct acceptance in the main draw, achieved a personal high by upsetting the topseeded Victor-Bogdan Leonte of Romania 2-6, 5-7.

The results: Singles (second round): Katsushi Fukuda (Jpn) bt Rohan Gide 6-0, 4-6, 6-4; Vijayant Malik bt Ronak Manuja 6-2, 6-2; Navdeep Singh bt Ye Du (Chn) 6-2, 6-3; Purav Raja bt Aqeel Khan (Pak) 6-4, 6-2; Harshana Godamanne (SL) bt Victor-Bogdan Leonte (Rom) 6-2, 7-5; Vaja Uzakov (Uzb) bt Sarvar Ikramov (Uzb) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Divij Sharan bt Kamala Kannan 6-1, 6-1; Ryan Young (US) bt Aditya Madkekar 6-3, 6-4; Rohan Gajjar bt Vishnu Vardhan 6-2, 6-3; Hyun-Woo Nam (Kor) bt Vivek Shokeen 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles (second round): Harsh Mankad / Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan bt Bogden-Victor Leonte (Rom) / Navdeep Singh 6-3, 6-3. — Special Correspondent

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