5 Indians in line for main draw

CHANDIGARH, JAN 10: Five Indian players today kept their hopes alive to gain entry from the qualifying draw of 64 into the main draw of 32 in the 10,000 Gold Flake ITF Futures Men8217;s Tennis Tournament at the Chandigarh Club grass courts here today.

Fifth-seed Harsh Mankad, with 862 ATP ranking, led the Indian challenge with second-round victories. Anand Radhakrishnan, Vishal Uppal WC, 1324, 14th seed Saurav Panja 1005 and Rohan Bopanna moved into the last qualifying round.

RESULTS OF QUALIFYING ROUNDS:2ND ROUND

Amrando Brunold Sui bt Rishi Sridhar Ind 7-5, 6-4, Anand Radhakrishnan Ind bt Vijendra Laad Ind 6-3, 6-3, Vishal Uppal Ind bt Giuseppe Menga Ita 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, Harsh Mankad Ind bt Anjan Viplav Ind 6-2, 6-0, Ondrej Chavpil Cze bt P K Sreenavasan Ind 6-1, 6-1, Rohan Bopanna Ind bt Jun Kato Sui 6-3, 6-4.