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Chennai: <\/strong>Indians Rohan Bopanna, Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash and Prajnesh Gunneswaran moved into the second round in the 32-man singles qualifying draw of the Aircel Chennai Open Tennis Tournament <\/a>2012 at the SDAT-Nungambakkam Tennis Stadium on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n

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The main draw of the 17th edition of India\u2019s only and South Asia leading ATP World Tennis <\/a>Tour event will begin on Monday, January 2, with four qualifying slots to be filled.<\/p>\n

Doubles specialist Bopanna defeated compatriot Vijay Sundar Prashanth, who retired with an injury in the second set, Mohit Mayur put it past countryman Ramanathan and Gunneswaran beat compatriot Karan Rastogi.<\/p>\n

Eight other Indians lost in the first round of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n

The final round of Chennai Open <\/a>qualifiers will be held on Sunday.<\/p>\n

ORDER OF PLAY – SUNDAY, JANUARY 01, 2012
COURT 1 start 11:00 am
Qualifying – T Huey (PHI) vs R De Voest (RSA)
Qualifying – R Bopanna (IND) vs G Soeda (JPN) <\/p>\n

COURT 2 start 11:00 am
Qualifying – I Van der Merwe (RSA) vs I Cervantes-Huegun (ESP)
Qualifying – J Cabal (COL) vs T de Bakker (NED) <\/p>\n

COURT 3 start 11:00 am
Qualifying – V Pospisil (CAN) vs M Jayaprakash (IND)
Qualifying – E Roger-Vasselin (FRA) vs D Lajovic (SRB) <\/p>\n

COURT 4 start 11:00 am
Qualifying – [WC] P Gunneswaran (IND) vs R Ram (USA)
Qualifying – J Sousa (POR) vs Y Sugita (JPN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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