(MOREPIC1) RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL)
Sumit Nagal of India upset second seed Thiago Seyboth Wild of Brazil in the singles second and final qualifying round match in straight sets 6-3 6-3 in the $ 53,120 Rio de Janeiro Challenger in Brazil. The Indian player from Jhajjar (Haryana) will face Brazilian Daniel Dutra da Silva in the first round of the main draw.
Sumit Nagal is pairing with Jan Choinski of Great Britain and play their doubles opening round against Brazilian duo of Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva and Marcelo Zormann.
SASIKUMAR MUKUND LOSES: Austrian Li Tu beat 12th seed Mukund Sasikumar 7-5, 7-5 in the second qualifying round of the $132,800 FILA Seoul Open Challenger, Seoul Korea,
Earlier, in the qualifying singles first round second seed Mukund Sasikumar had ousted Jason Jung of Taipei in straight sets 6-4, 6-3.
Top seeded Indian pair of Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni will meet Japenese pair of Sho Shimabukuro and Seita Watanabe in the opening doubles round.
