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Somdev, Mustafa, Punna advance

CHENNAI JAN. 3. Indians Somdev Dev Varman, Mustafa Ghouse and Punna Vishal advanced to the second round of the Tata Open qualifying event at the Nungambakkam Stadium here.

On Saturday, Somdev quelled a spirited challenge of Jonathan Erlich of Israel 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, Mustafa eased past countrymate Parantap Chaturvedi 6-2, 6-4 and current National hardcourt champion Punna Vishal battled past Ajay Ramaswami 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.

The results (first round, Indians unless otherwise mentioned): Petr Luxa (Cze) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (Ita) 6-4, 6-1; Juan Ignacio Cerda (Chi) bt Jaco T Mathew 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Zbynek Mlynarik (Aut) bt Jeevan Nedunchezian 6-3, 6-2; Noam Okun (Isr) bt Vijay Kannan 6-2, 6-0; Jan Vacek (Cze) bt Sunil Kumar 6-4, 6-4; Vasilis Mazarakis (Gre) bt Kamala Kannan 6-4, 6-3; Michael Kohlmann (Ger) bt Karsten Braasch (Ger) 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Zeljko Krajan (Cro) bt Manoj Mahadevan 6-2, 6-4; Jeff Salzenstein (USA) Vadim Kutsenko (Uzb) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Vishal Punna bt Ajay Ramaswami 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Mustafa Ghouse bt Parantap Chaturvedi 6-2, 6-4; Julian Knowle (Aut) bt Ajay Selvaraj 6-2, 6-2; Danai Udomchoke (Tha) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-0, 6-0; Somdev Dev Varman bt Jonathan Erlich (Isr) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5; Jacob Adaktusson (Swe) bt Paul Logtens (Ned) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; Andy Ram (Isr) bt Daniel Koellerer (Aut) 6-1, 6-2. — Our Sports Reporter

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