After winning the tough opener 12-10, Sathe lost the nest two, before rallying to win 12-10, 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6. Second seed Anshuman Jaising (11-4, 11-2, 11-1) and Varun Shah (11-2, 11-1, 11-2), both from Maharashtra, had easy straight game victories to advance to the round of 16.

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