Akash Wagh of Maharashtra caused a big flutter when he shocked top seed Vijay Sundar Prasnath from Tamil Nadu 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the first round of the men's singles event of the National Grass Court Tennis Championships, on Monday.
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In the first set Akash broke Prasnath in the seventh game but Prasnath broke back in the eighth. Akash took the set in tie-break 7-5.
In the second set, Akash broke Prasnath in the first game and thereafter the set went with serves.
In another upset, Delhi's Shantanu Rajput defeated eighth seed Ronak Manuja of Maharashtra 7-6 (7-3), 6-0. Saurav Sukul of Bengal also made it to the pre-quarterfinals.
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