Challenger tennis: Sasi Kumar progresses

Sasi Kumar Mukund got past Wei-De Lin of Chinese Taipei 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-4 in the first qualifying round of the $150,000 Challenger tennis tournament on Saturday.

However, Vishnu Vardhan and Sriram Balaji were beaten in the first round. The main draw will feature Yuki Bhambri, Ramkumar Ramanathan, Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Saketh Myneni.

The results:

$150,000 Challenger men, Chinese Taipei: Qualifying singles (first round): Sasi Kumar Mukund bt Wei-De Lin (Tpe) 7-6(2), 4-6, 6-4; Shuichi Sekiguchi (Jpn) bt Vishnu Vardhan 6-4,, 7-5; Ray Ho (Tpe) bt Sriram Balaji 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-1.