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).

UNI PDS DH HT1912