Bhupathi, Srinath in quarters

Nirupama, who raised quite a few eyebrows yesterday by registering an upset win against fancied Janet Whides Lee of Chinese Taipei in straight sets, could not continue her winning vein as second seed Li Fang proved to be too good for her. Fang won 6-1, 6-2.

In the other match, Mahesh had tough time against Bryan Junio in the first set that went to the tie-breaker where he prevailed 7-4.

India8217;s Pullela Gopichand breezed into the third round of the men8217;s singles but his woman counterpart Aparna Popat came unstuck at the first hurdle to bow out inthe 13th Asian Games badminton competition here today.

The 25-year-old National champion Gopichand beat Park Sung-Wooo of South Korea 17-15, 15-2.

Aparna Popat, recovering from injury, went down 7-11, 8-11 to Mee Feng of Malaysia.

National champion Chetan Baboor scored a facile straight-games win over Wong Kuok-Fai of Macau in the second round to enter the pre-quarter finals of the men8217;s singles of the Asian Games table tennis competition here today.

The 26-year-old Indian, coping with inadequate practice, being his country8217;s lone representative, won 21-10, 21-18, 21-7.