New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS): Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash began his title defence in style and dispatched Mithun Murali with relative ease to sail into the men's singles second round of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship here Monday.

Third seed Mohit beat Mithun 6-4, 6-3 while seventh seed Chandril Sood also moved into the next round with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ganesh Srinivasan at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) Complex.

Also moving into the second round was Kunal Anand who got the better of Aryan Goveas 6-1, 6-2.

Prerna Bhambri, the defending champion in women’s singles, also had an easy opening round against Delhi's Renu Sharma, who was thrashed 0-6, 0-6.

Mithun began well against the big serving Mohit but could not continue his performance as the defending champion upped the ante. Mohit broke Mithun in the eighth game. Mithun lost his serve in the next to give Mohit the opening set and the momentum.

There was no looking back for Mohit from there on and he used booming serves to good effect against an error prone Mithun.

Later, Renu had a tough time against Prerna and managed to hold her serve just once in the entire match.

In the boys Under-18 singles, top seed Vasisht Vinod Cheruki handed a 6-1, 6-3 defeat to Siddarth Ponnala while Prajwal Dev fought it out in a three setter and beat Abhishek Gaur 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.

Third seed B.R. Nikshep beat Parikshit Somani 6-3, 6-4, fourth seed Aryan Goveas had an easy opening set before he was pushed by Krishna Teja Ankam in the second set. However, Aryan held his nerves and ensured that he moves into the second round with a 6-1, 7-5 victory.