Srinath, Kirtane make progress

INDORE, January 12: Prahlad srinath and Nitin Kirtane have entered the second round of the ITF men8217;s Future Tennis Circuit being played here at the Yashwant Club.Top seeded Vadim Kutsenko and second seed James Dalgado had to struggle hard in the first round as both came from one-game down to defeat their respective rivals.

Srinath, runners-up at the Chandigarh leg, easily defeated Lior Kristal of Israel 6-3, 6-4 while Nitin Kirtane tamed Bhaskar Chaudhary 6-1, 5-5 retired.Kutsenko came from behind to beat Kyle Rudman of South Africa 6-7 1-7, 6-0 6-1. Delgado had a hard time in beating Sandeep Kirtane 6-7 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 7-0.

RESULTS: 1st round: Vadim Kutsenko Uzb bt Rudman Kyle Rus 6-7 1-7, 6-0, 6-1; Andrej Bizjak Slo bt Nita Robert Romania 7-6 7-4, 6-7 10-8, 6-4; Bribylov Stanslav Rus bt Shailesh Bhople 6-4, 6-4; Pamoulov Matej Aus bt Donovan September Rus 6-3, 6-3; Tomashevich Dmitri Uzb bt Alex Bose Ger 6-1, 6-0; Morente David Spa bt Sudhakar Shriranga 6-4, 6-2; O Noam Isr bt Harsh Mankad 6-4, 6-3; Iain Bates GBR bt Villard Gildas Fra 6-2, 7-6 7-1; Todd Meringoff US bt Vishal Uppal 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Hammedeh Ali Leb bt Erlich Jonathan Isr 4-6, 7-6 7-5, 6-3; Lrasevec Amdrek Slo bt Kannan Vijay 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 7-4.