Thomas Enqvist made a bright start for Bangalore by beating Pat Cash 6-3 in the legends singles.
Pune then won the second match as Marcos Baghdatis and Agnieszka Radwanska outplayed Feliciano Lopez and Venus Williams 6-3 in the mixed doubles.
Radwanska beat Venus 6-3 in the women's singles and more or less writing was clear on the wall.
Ramkumar Ramanathan and Lopez then saved the visitors blushing by winning the men's doubles 6-5.
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