Raghav stuns Binda to cruise into second round

Bengaluru: Top two seeds Jay Clarke and Oliver Crawford suffered a scare, while India’s Raghav Jaisinghani stunned fourth seed Alexandr Binda to cruise into the second round of the SM Krishna Memorial Open at the SM Krishna Tennis Stadium here on Wednesday.

There was plenty to celebrate for the Indian contingent as Jaisinghani earned a superb win over Italy’s Binda. It was a stunning comeback win for the Indian as he bounced back after conceding the first set to win five on the trot, including two breaks, to clinch the second set 6-3. The final set saw Jaisinghani break serve in the first and fifth games to claim a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win.

Jaisinghani, who battled through two rounds of qualifying to make it to the main draw, said he stuck to his plan against Binda, and that made all the difference.

“I started off well, but he was the better one on court for the first set. I had a clear plan of what I needed to do, and I stuck to it, and eventually, I started getting points from that. I played to my tactics and believed in it, point after point, things began to go my way,” said Jaisinghani. He added that he had “zero expectations” coming into this contest and said he believed in taking things “day by day.”

“I'm not a person who makes goals or sets ranking goals. I go match-by-match. It would be good to try to go as deep as possible in the tournament, but I'm not putting any pressure on myself,” he added. IANS

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