National grass-court champion Vishnu Vardhan outplayed Yuki Bhambri in straight sets to set up a singles second round clash against Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi in the $50,000 ATP Challenger tennis tournament here on Monday.

Vishnu beat wild card Bhambri 6-1, 6-0 in the first round. Fifth-seeded Qureshi, overcame Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 6-3, 4-6, 7-5. Also advancing was National hard-court champion Ashutosh Singh, who pipped American Travis Rettenmaier 6-4, 7-5. Ending up on the losing side was Indian Davis Cupper Prakash Amritraj and wildcard Mustafa Ghouse. Amritraj lost to Australian Adam Feeney 4-6, 5-7, while Ghouse lost to Colin Ebelthite 3-6, 4-6.