In tennis, Prajnesh Gunneswaran made a winning start at the ATP Challenger tournament in Liuzhou, China today by defeating Frenchman Johan Tatlot 6-4, 7-5 in his opening round of the hard court event. 

However, it was curtains for Ramkumar Ramanathan and Sumit Nagal, who yet again fell at the first hurdle. 

The seventh seed Gunneswaran will now clash with Egypt's Mohammed Safwat for a place in the quarterfinals. Prajnesh has beaten Swafwat thrice this season.

In the doubles, Arjun Kadhe and Yaraslav Shyla of Belarus moved to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Liam Broady and Duckhee Lee.

Meanwhile, at the Basel indoors, India's top doubles player Rohan Bopanna and his partner Parcel Granollers defeated Spanish duo of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and David Marrero 6-1,  6-4.