"Yes I was a bit tired after a hectic two weeks," he said. In the battle of the Indians, third seed Ramkumar Ramanathan fought off qualifier Sumit Nagal 3-6 6-4 7-6(2) in his opening round. Ramkumar is now up against Egypt's Mohamed Safwat. It was a bad day for Saketh Myneni as he had to concede his first round contest against Frenchman Johan Tatlot due to foot blisters. Myneni, who had also qualified for the main draw, was trailing 0-6 in the match when he decided to move out of the contest.

"I have blood blisters on the foot and had to get it drained today. I could not walk in the morning. It needs a couple of days to heal," said Myneni. In the doubles event, Arjun Kadhe and his Thai partner Sanchai Ratiwatana moved to the quarterfinals with a 6-3 6-4 win over Mikhail Elgin and Yaraslav Shyla.

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