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Puri, April 7: The round robin matches of the Orissa Tour Finals Masters tennis tournament got underway at the Puri Club Tennis Complex in Puri Tuesday. Top seed Ansu Bhuyan defeated Ajay Nishank 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. Second seed Santosh Mallik won his match as Satirtha Patnaik retired when he was leading 6-5. Fourth seed Adarsh Sahu easily got past Manoj K Nayak 7-5, 6-2 but Asutosh Das sprung the major upset of the day when he defeated third seed Avilash Mishra 6-4, 6-2.
Other results: Suraj Sahu beat Khirod Mishra 6-1, 6-0, Kumar Anurag Saran beat Nishant Mohanty 1-6, 6-1, 11-9, Aditya Narayan Guru beat Lalatendu Barma 6-4, 6-4, Purushottam Dash beat Harihar GURU 6-1, 6-0