Carlos Moya,in the process of being squarely beaten in his first-round match against Janko Tipsarevic,got his second wind after looking around the centre court stands and realising how far ahead he was of his Serbian opponent in the popularity stakes. With all corners of the audience rooting for their favourite Spaniard,Moya ignored the scoreboard,stared straight across the net at Tipsarevic,and began an attempted comeback. That only stretched till the tie-break,though,and it eventually turned out to be a straight-set 6-3 7-6 (2) win for the fourth-seeded Serb. Even while he sat and looked around the stands at the end,the supporters continued their chants,some even throwing in exhortations of true love. The Spaniard,who has been refusing to commit to speculation about this being his last year in Chennai,returned the affection as he was felicitated on court for his 10th appearance here. Marin Cilic,second seed and defending champion at the Chennai Open,looks set to be in the top 20 for a while to come as his game keeps improving,and across the net from him on Monday was a player who is miles below his level. The Croatian stuck to the script,defeating a player who has previously played his way into this event through qualifying,showing off his class in a 6-2 6-4 win over Igor Kunitsyn,ranked 104 on the circuit. The Russians campaign turned out to be only 73 minutes long as Cilic shoved aside any questions that were being raised about his title credentials in the first event of the year. On his way to a comprehensive win,Cilic did everything right,keeping his opponent on the run to scramble together a few precious points. Prakash in main draw Minutes before Prakash Amritraj began his final qualifying-round match,he stood with his father Vijay right outside the entrance to the courts,listening to some last-minute advice. Those words must have come back as Prakash fought his way through a two-hour battle against Germanys Lars Poerschke under the Chennai sun,winning 7-6 (5) 6-3. He has been drawn to play 83-ranked Michael Russell of the US in the first round. Yuki Bhambri missed out on a main-draw place after losing to Irelands Louk Sorensen 6-2 6-7 (8) 6-2. Somdev-Sanam in round two Somdev Devvarman,partnering Sanam Singh,warmed up for his opening singles with a straight-set doubles win over former Davis Cup foe Rik de Voest and Scott Lipsky. The South African-American pair,seeded fourth,couldnt find a way to counter their Indian opponents and fell to a 6-2 7-5 loss. Other results,first round: Santiago Giraldo (COL) bt Bjorn Phau (GER) 6-4 6-7 (6) 6-3; Jan Hajek (CZE) bt Simon Greul (GER) 3-6 6-2 6-4; Thiemo de Bakker (NED) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-1 6-1
