Vijay, Zitko shunted out

Following Andrei was 19-year-old German Thomas Messmer who bumped off first-leg winner and No 3 Radim Zitco 6-7 8-10, 6-3, 6-1. For the German the victory proved his potential, which in the first-leg was cut short by a nagging back injury costing him probably the title in Mumbai, against the same opponent.

As far as the other Indians left in fray were concerned, the day8217;s proceedings brought cheersamong those seeded 8212; No 1 Prahlad Srinath, No 2 Syed Fazaluddin and No 8 Sandeep Kirtane who made the quarters. The win however came at a price, of playing fellowmates in Nitin Kirtane, Saurav Panja and wild-card Akshay Vishal Rao leaving the former trio in glee and the other taking defeat as all in the game.8217;