Ashutosh upsets Prakash Amritraj in ITF Futures tennis

New Delhi, Dec 26 (UNI) Unseeded Ashutosh Singh and Vivek Shokeen registered upset wins over second seed Prakash Amritraj and eighth seed Vladislav Bondarenko of Ukraine respectively in the rain-marred ITF Men's Futures tennis tournament here today.

Ashutosh came from behind to surprise compatriot Amritraj 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 while Shokeen got the better of Bondarenko 6-2, 6-7(8), 6-1 in the first round matches.

In other matches, seventh seed Xavier Pujo of France beat Indian qualifier S Narayanswami 6-4, 6-3 to meet Hyun Woo Nam of Korea, who beat India's Navdeep Singh yesterday, in the second round.

Another Indian, Vishal Uppal also lost to Todor Enev of Bulgaria 4-6, 3-6 while fifth seed Petar Jelenic of Croatia had to fought off a stiff challenge before coming out victorious against Japan's qualifier Hiroki Kondo of Japan 6-4, 7-6(6).

Meanwhile, the match between third seed Aisam Qureshi from Pakistan and India's Ravi Shankar Pathanjali was stopped due to rain when the scoreline was 6-2, 6-7(8), 2-1 in favour of Aisam.

Another match between India's Vishnu Vardhan and Sarvar Ikramov of Uzbekistan will continue tomorrwo after rain halted the match after Ikramov had won the first set 7-6(7).

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