Taro tames Mukund Japanese star Daniel registers 6- 2, 7- 6 win over Indiau2019s wild card entrant Sasi Indiau2019s Sasi Mukund returns to Japanese Taro Daniel ( below) at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune yesterday Tata Open Maharas htra Pune: Young Sasi Mukund fought tooth and nail in the second set before going down to Japanese Taro Daniel here on Wednesday, leaving Prajnesh Gunneswaran as the only Indian left in the menu2019s singles main draw of the Tata Open Maharashtra.
Sasiu2019s special debut The Indian youngster, 23, who was handed a wild- card entry lost 2- 6, 6- 7 ( 7) in the opening round of the ATP 250 event. u201c Making a main draw debut in Pune is a very special for me. Playing here has given me experience of playing in front of the crowd. I got broken too early in the sets. I had a chance with five all. Itu2019s not because of that one break point why I am sitting here. It was because of all the points I played,u201d said Mukund, who played in the qualifying round in the last two editions.
Ramkumar- Purav enter QF Meanwhile, the Indian pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Purav Raja made it to the doubles quarter- final with a hard- fought 7- 6 ( 6) 6- 3 win over compatriot Sumit Nagal and his Partner Egor Gerasimov of Belarus.
They will now take on Leander Paes and Matthew Ebden.
In another doubles contest, Robin Haase of Netherlands and Swedenu2019s Robert Lindstedt had to work hard for a 6- 7 ( 5- 7), 6- 3, 10- 8 win over Dutch pair of Sander Arends and David Pel.
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