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Top seeds survive scare, Jaisinghani stuns 4th seed

Bengaluru, Apr 2 (UNI) Top two seeds Jay Clarke and Oliver Crawford overcame stiff challenges, while India's Raghav Jaisinghani stunned fourth seed Alexandr Binda to storm into the second round of the SM Krishna Memorial Open at the SM Krishna Tennis Stadium here on Wednesday.
Jaisinghani, who advanced through the qualifying rounds, scripted a remarkable comeback against Italy’s Binda. After losing the opening set, he reeled off five consecutive games, including two crucial breaks, to claim the second set 6-3. The Indian maintained his momentum in the decider, breaking serve in the first and fifth games to seal a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory.
Reflecting on his triumph, Jaisinghani said, "I started well, but he dominated the first set. I had a clear plan and stuck to it, and gradually, I began to win points. I focused on my tactics, and as the match progressed, things started falling into place."
The 22-year-old added that he had "zero expectations" coming into the match and preferred to take things "day-by-day."
"I don’t set ranking goals. I go match by match. It would be great to progress deep into the tournament, but I am not putting any pressure on myself," he added.
Meanwhile, India’s Kabir Hans came agonisingly close to pulling off the biggest upset of the tournament against top-seeded Clarke. After dropping the opening set 4-6, Hans fought back to take the second set 6-4. The decider went to a tiebreak, where the Briton eventually prevailed.
Second seed Crawford also faced a tough battle before overcoming Australia’s Kody Pearson in three sets to reach the next round.
Joining Jaisinghani in the second round were fellow Indians Karan Singh, Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam, Manish Sureshkumar, Prajwal Dev, and Ishaque Eqbal. Singh, the fifth seed, dispatched the in-form Adil Kalyanpur in straight sets. Shanmugam outlasted Suraj R Prabodh in three sets, while Sureshkumar registered a 6-2, 7-6 (2) win over Yuvan Nandal. Eqbal enjoyed a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 victory over Maan Kesharwani. Aryan Shah battled past Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, while SD Prajwal Dev overcame Krish Tyagi 6-4, 6-4.
In the doubles category, the Italian duo of Binda and Nikita Ianin eased past Manish Ganesh and Suraj R Prabodh 6-1, 6-4. Meanwhile, Digvijay Pratap Singh and Jagmeet Singh staged a comeback to defeat Jaisinghani and Bharat Nishok Kumaran 5-7, 6-2, [10-7].
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