Lee gathers pace, enters fast Layne

Seventh seed Satoshi Iwabuchi Japan and eight seed Barry Cowan Great Britain also entered the seond round defeating Vladimir Platenik Slovakia 6-2, 6-1 and India8217;s Prahlad Srinath 6-3, 6-3.

Iwabuchi will now meet the winner of Kritian Pless Denmark and Karlovic Croatia while Cowan will clash with Yuri Schukin Russia, who trounced Heiko Bollich Germany 6-4, 6-4 today.

In an all-Indian affair, wild card Vishal Uppal beat qualifier Manoj Mahadevan 6-4, 6-4.

India8217;s Nitin Kirtane went down fighting to Ivan Vajda Croatia 5-7, 2-6.

Qualifier Vijay Kannan made his exit in similar fashion as he lost to Luke Milligan Great Britain 5-7, 1-6.

RESULTS: Singles 1st round: Vishal Uppal Ind btManoj Mahadevan Ind 6-4, 6-4, Satoshi Iwabuchi Japan bt Vladimir Platenik Slovakia 6-2, 6-1, Tomas Anzari Czech Republic bt Joan Guerra Jimenez And 7-6, 7-5 6-3, Justin Layne Great Britain bt Mustafa Ghouse 6-4, 6-2, Leander Paes India bt kamlesh shukla ind 6-1, 6-2, vajda ivan cro bt nitin kirtane ind 7-5, 6-2, Luke Milligan Great Britain bt Vijay Kannan India 7-5, 6-1, Barry Cowan Great Britain bt Prahlad Srinath India 6-3, 6-3, Yuri Scjiukin Russia bt Heiko Bollich Great Britain 6-4, 6-4, Dennis van Scheppingen Netherlands bt Martin Hromec Slovakia 6-1, 6-2