Wildcard Rawat Upsets 8th Seed Noguchi at Chennai Open; Nagal, Mukund Advance

• Indian wildcard Sidharth Rawat, ranked 715, caused a major upset by defeating fifth seed Rio Noguchi (ranked 246) in three sets (2-6, 6-3, 6-2).
• Sumit Nagal, India No. 1, recovered from a slow start to beat Britain’s Felix Gill 1-6, 6-1, 6-3.
• Mukund Sasikumar defeated fellow Indian Nitin Kumar Sinha 7-5, 6-3 after fighting back from an early break down.
• Seventh seed Florent Bax retired in the third set against Denis Yevseyev, while other top seeds like Federico Agustin Gomez, Oliver Crawford, Ilia Simakin, and Frederico Ferreira Silva advanced.
• Digvijay Pratap Singh lost a three-hour battle to third seed Oliver Crawford 7-6, 3-6, 7-5.