Chennai, Jan. 14 -- Qualifier Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam continued his good run and stunned eight seed Ryuki Matsuda of Japan6-4, 7-6(8) in the main draw first round of the Adityan ITF M25 International Tennis Tournament at the SDAT Tennis Stadium Nungambakkam here oin Wednesday.
Abhinav dominated the talented Matsuda with strong serves, firing 8 aces and powerful groundstrokes, winning the first set in quicktime.
In the second set, both the players played some solid tennis and finally Abhinav won the second set in a tie break and secured a spotin the second round, where he will face former National Games champion Prajwal Dev.
Second seed Ilya Simakin proved too good for young Madhwin Kamat, winning 6-1, 6-1.
On the brighter side for Ind...