9 Indians move into 2nd round

Harsh Mankad, the highest-ranked Indian player figuring in the qualifying draw, faced a tough battle against P Maggs of Great Britain before prevailing over his rival. Down by a set, Mankad staged a fine rally to win 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Wild card Vishal Uppal (1324) upset Aniola Filip of Poland (994) 6-2, 6-3. Another India to record win against a foreign competitor was Anand Radhakrishnan, who won 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 against US’s Sonu Thomas.

Results (1st round)

Armando Brunold(Switzerland) bt Andrei Nosov (Rus) 6-0, 6-7(6) 6-2, Rishi Sridhar (India) bt Mustafa Ghouse (India) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2), T Greenland (GBR) bt Sajid Lodi (Ind)6-0, 6-1, Igor Brukner (Cze) bt J Acukland (GBR) 2-6, 7-6 (2) 6-4, Simon Larose (Can) bt Sanzariz (Ind) 6-4, 6-3, Le Minh (USA) bt Prithvi Vishwanath (Ind) 6-1, 6-1, Vijendra Laad (Ind) bt Rajkumar Gopalan (Ind) 6-3, 6-4, Anand Radhakrishnan (Ind) bt Sunu Thomas (USA)6-2, 3-6, 6-3, Luben Pampoulov (Austria) bt Josef Nesticky (Cze) 6-7 (0), 6-4, 6-4, A Mackin (GBR) Norbert Mazany (Hun) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, Giuseppe Menga (Italy) bt Avinash Arun (Ind) 6-2, 6-2, Vishal Uppal (Ind) bt Aniola Filip (Pol) 6-2, 6-3, Aisam Qureshi (Pakistan) bt Barry Flucher (GBR) 6-1, 6-2, Markus Polessing (Aut) bt Scott Barron (Irl) 6-4, 6-4, Anup Minda (Ind) bt CS Mohanty (Ind) 6-2, 6-2, Saurav Panja (Ind) bt D Ajay Choudapalli (Ind) 6-2, 6-4, Anjan Viplav (Ind) bt A Dyson 7-5, 6-4, P K Sreenavasan (Ind) bt Inderjit Singh Panno (Ind)6-2, 6-4, Ian Bates (GBR) bt Rajesh Vohra (Ind)7-6 (6), 6-3, S Perc (Slo) bt D Mccabe (Aus) 6-1, 6-0, Esat Tanik (Tur) bt Ravi Krishna (Ind) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, Ashok Mankad (Ind) bt P Maggs (GBR) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).