Memorable day for Goveas, Sureshkumar at Pune Challenger

Four Indian players, including wild card Aryan Goveas and Manish Sureshkumar, earned their maiden main draw victories on the ATP Challenger circuit to advance to the second round of the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger here on Monday.

Anniruddha Chandrashekar and Chandril Sood, who mostly competes on the doubles circuit, also advanced to the next round at the Balewadi Sports Complex.

Manish outwitted local boy and wildcard Anvit Bendre 6-2 6-0 while upcoming player Chandrasekar erased a one-set deficit to get the better of Kazakhstan's Timur Khabibulin 4-6 6-4 6-3 in a one hour 36 minute match.

In a one sided encounter, Chandril rallied past Amrican wildcard Dhruv Mulye
Maharashtra boy Goveas justified the faith of the organisors, scoring a 6-4 7-6(4)