“I am excited that the tournament will start tomorrow and will look to open on a winning note,” he said on the eve of his first round. “All the top ranked players from around the world will be participating this year around and I. Masters champion Sergio Garcia opened with five birdies on the front nine and then saved his day with a par on his final hole. In two interesting encounters, which were an all-Indian affair, Udit Sharma and Kunal Singh, both worked hard to win their respective first round matches. Apart from this, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard and Marlon Samuels would be playing in the match. The Bangalore golfer continued to struggle on the greens and had three birdies and four bogeys in his card and yet again missed a few putts inside 10 feet and one inside four feet. If Anand can produce his best, his first major test will be against England No 1 Michael Adams in the third round, followed by Hikaru Nakamura in the next round. Ishant produced a scintillating spell of fast bowling and peppered the English batsmen with a number of short deliveries to push them on backfoot. Gayle played his first T20I for West Indies in over a year when they beat India in July. Nitin Tomar was the star of the day for UP as he secured a Super 10.