Pune, Feb 2 : Indian pairs of Rohan Bopanna-Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni-Sasikumar Mukund kickstarted their campaigns at the 2022 Tata Open Maharashtra with contrasting victories in their respective doubles matches here at the Balewadi Stadium on Wednesday. While second-seed duo of Bopanna and Ramkumar secured 6-3, 3-6, (10-7) win over Jammie Cerretani and Nicholas Monroe, teaming up for the first time Myneni and Sasikumar registered a resounding 6-3, 6-4 victory over compatriots Divij Sharan and Yuki Bhambri. The star Indian pair of Bopanna and Ramkumar, who started the year with a title in Adelaide earlier in January, made a strong start, taking 1-0 lead but failed to sustain the moment as their American duo seized the opportunity to equal the score. Bopanna and Ramkumar came back well into the tie-breaker to tilt the result in their favour. Myneni and Sasikumar were awarded a main draw entry as an alternative pair after the duo of Denis Novak and Joao Sousa pulled out with the former suffering a thigh injury. The pair looked in great touch as they pocketed the first set quite comfortably. However, Divij and Bhambri, who had registered a semifinal finish during their maiden appearance at the tournament in 2018, regrouped again quickly in the second set to take the early lead but Myneni and Sasikumar did not let the momentum slip by securing successive points which put them 5-4 ahead in the second set and went on to bag the match comfortably in straight sets. In another doubles opening round match, Jiri Vesely and Alexander Erler defeated French duo of Hugo Grenier and Quentin Halys 7-6 (12-10), 6-4. Meanwhile, in the singles second-round match, Portuguese star Sousa pulled off an upset when he came from one-set down to record a stunning win against third-seed Gianluca Mager 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6-4) to enter the quarterfinals. Regarded as the best Portuguese tennis player of all time, former World No. 28 Sousa looked solid as he recomposed himself, winning the second set comfortably and then knocking out the World No. 67 Italian in the final set tie-breaker. World No. 140 Aleksandar Vukic also made the higher ranked Italian rising star Lorenzo Musetti work hard for the victory, taking the contest into the third set before the World No. 66 Musetti took charge of the game to complete a 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-3 victory. Results: Singles (RD-16): Joao Sousa bt (3) Gianluca Mager 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6-4); (5) Daniel Altmaier bt Radu Albot 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Kamil Majchrzak bt Quentin Halys 6-3, 7-6 (9-7); (2) Lorenzo Musetti bt Aleksandar Vukic 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-3. Doubles (Rd-16): Alexander Erler/Jiri Vesely bt Hugo Grenier/Quentin Halys 7-6 (12-10), 6-4; Saketh Myneni/Mukund Sasikumar bt Yuki Bhambri/Divij Sharan 6-3, 6-4; Rohan Bopanna/Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jammie Cerretani and Nicholas Monroe 6-3, 3-6 (10-7).(UNI)