Vijayant Malik advances

New Delhi: Vijayant Malik defeated Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF men's Futures tennis tournament in Palembang, Indonesia, on Tuesday.

The results: Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Harri Heliovaara (Fin)/ Hiroki Kondo (Jpn) bt Jaan-Frederik Brunken (Ger)/ Karunuday Singh 6-3, 6-3; Chu Huan Yi (Tpe)/ Abhijeet Tiwari bt Cho Soong Jae/ Nam Ji Sung (Kor) 7-6(2), 3-6, 10-4; Yuki Bhambri/ Rohan Gajjar bt Vijayant Malik/ Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-0, 6-3 .
The Hindu