Maharashtra junior Benjamin Xavier shocked Punna 6-4, 6-4 while big-serving Viplav was surprised by Tamil Nadu's R Narendran 4-6, 6-4, 4-6. Kedar Shah, finalist in the third leg doubles of the ITF Satellite Circuit at Pune recently was sent packing by part-time player and coach at the Garden Tennis Academy Mayur Vasant 0-6, 2-6.

On a day of surprises, the icing on the cake was top seed and India No 5 Vinod Sridhar discomfort in his second round match against Kunal Bhojwani. The TN player struggled during his unexpectedly difficult 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 path to the quarter-final.

Second seed Sanzaruz Zaman (WB) routed Kamlesh Shukla (UP) 6-1, 6-2 to join sixth seed Mohammed Yaseer Arafat (AP), who beat lucky loser Vimal Kirthi (TN) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

Results

Men's singles (second round): VinodSridhar (TN) bt Kunal Bhojwani (Mah) 6-1, 3-6, 6-0; Asif Ismail (Mah) bt Kedar Tembe (Mah) 6-2, 6-4; R Narendran (TN) bt Anjan Viplav (AP) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Avinash Arun (TN) bt Intikab Ali (Mah) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Benjamin Xavier (Mah) bt Vishal Punna (AP) 6-4, 6-4; Mohammed Yaseer Arafat (AP) bt Vimal Kirthi (TN) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5; Mayur Vasant (Mah) bt Kedar Shah (Mah) 6-0, 6-2; Sanzaruz Zaman (WB) bt Kamlesh Shukla (UP) 6-1, 6-2.