Kannan scuttles Sridhar

In another match, wild card entrant Bopanna came back strongly after dropping the first set to beat Brinklow Blake of Australia 4-6, 7-6 7-1, 6-4.

Nitin Kirtane needed 55 minutes to quell another wild card entrant Sunil Kumar. The Chandigarh teenager lost 1-6, 1-6.

Fifth seed Tom Chinoine of the US defeated Chennai lad Mahadevan 6-3 6-1.

In the doubles, India8217;s Prahlad Srinath and Vasudeva Reddy teamed up to beat Josef Nesticy and Radim Zitko of Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3.

The other Indians, Mustafa Ghouse-Vishal Uppal and Saurav Panja-Anand Radhakrishnan, also won their doubles encounters of the day.

RESULTS

Singles: Tom Chicoine US bt Manoj Mahadevan Ind 6-3, 6-1; Rohan Bopanna Ind bt Brinklow Blake Aus 4-6, 7-6 7-1, 6-4; Vijay Kannan Ind bt Vinod Sridhar Ind 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 10-8; Nitin Kirtane Ind bt Sunil Kumar Ind 6-1 6-1.

Doubles: Mustafa Ghouse/Vishaal Uppal Ind bt Sunil Kumar/Akshay Vishal Rao Ind 6-1, 7-6 7-5; Prahlad Srinath/Vasudeva Reddy bt Josef Nesticy/Radim Zitko Cze 6-3, 6-1; Saurav Panja/Anand Radhakrishnan bt CS Mohanty/Benjamin Xavier 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.