Madhurima, Sonal Score Upset Wins at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Open

• Maharashtra's Madhurima Sawant and Sonal Patil recorded upset victories in the first round of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Open Endurance ITF tennis tournament.
• Sonal Patil defeated fifth-seeded Anastasiya Kuparev of Germany 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in a match lasting over two hours.
• Wildcard Madhurima Sawant outplayed eighth-seeded Emma Van Poppel from the Netherlands 6-3, 6-2.
• Indian qualifiers Amodini Naik and Jennifer Luikham also advanced with straight-set wins.
• Top seeds Zhibek Kulambayeva and Zeel Desai, along with Ksenia Laskutova and Elina Nepliy, secured easy victories.