Top seed Veer thoroughly outclassed Ayaan Khaan 11-1, 11-1, 11-1, while second seed Suraj overcame the challenge posed by  Ajinkya Patil 11-4, 11-4, 11-3. Both players progressed to the Round-of-32

You’ll read about how great Lionel Messi’s visit to Mumbai was everywhere else. Here’s a first-person account of the sidelights, too