Menezes, who trailed Kshatriya 47-48, 42-50 in the first two frames staged a fine rally to claim the next three frames and the match. He eventually won 47-48 42-50 43-24 66-41 69-36.

Results (1st round qualifiers): Raju Adani bt Rohanton Daruwala 3-1 (31-46 59-25 74-26 82-21); Satish Amarnath lost to Anuj Uppal 2-3 (45-53 28-68 61-42 74-31 22-58); Harjinder Nagi bt Vivek Kapoor 3-1 (56-8 59-20 52-61 62-50); Anthony Menezes bt Gautam Kshatriya 3-2 (47-48 42-50 43-24 66-41 69-36); Chintan Jhaveri bt Amir Habib 3-0 (47-46 70-15 70-7); Manish Adnani bt Tejas Ganatra 3-0 (87-33 70-21 46-39); Chandu Shah bt Sandeep Chawla 3-2 (72-17 47-57 53-39 40-56 59-44); Rakesh Trivedi bt Sumit Gupta 3-0 (72-19 49-25 69-36); Viresh Prabhu bt Sangeeta Hemchand 3-0 (55-53 77-31 73-20); Anish Sareen bt Susheel Tejuja 3-0 (69-21 60-3842-27); Vicky Jagtiani bt Denzil Oliver 3-1 (69-60 57-60 76-63 65-51)