<p>International Master Tania Sachdev also overcame a shocking first round loss in the women’s section to beat Aices Salvador of Philippines.<br /><br />Among others, International Master SP Sethuraman defeated compatriot Padmini Rout to share a nine-way lead at the top.<br /><br />The other leaders are Chinese trio of Yu Ruiyuan, Ding Liren and Yu Yangyi, Filipinos Allan Macala, Oliver Barbosa and Wesley So, Susanto Magaranto of Indonesia.<br /><br />In the next round, Sasikiran will take on Magaranto while Sethuraman has an important game against Yangyi.<br /><br />Grandmaster P Harikrishna also recovered from a first round loss to post his first win in the tournament at the expense of Wang Li of China.<br /><br />The Indian was relentless in his effort and was a picture of confidence while outclassing Wang Li, who had lost his first round to Abhijeet Gupta. Abhijeet, however, ended on the losing end against Oliver Barbosa.<br /><br />S Meenakshi also had a bad day in office as she went down fighting against top seeded Ju Wenjun of China while Kiran Manisha Mohanty played out a draw with Ghazal Hakimifrad of Iran.<br /><br />Important results (round II, Indians unless stated): Men: Homayoon Toufighi (Iri, 1) lt to K. Sasikiran (2); Ni Hua (Chn, 1.5) drew Tu Hoang Thong (Vie, 1.5); Salem AR Saleh (UAE, 1) lt to Wesley So (Phi, 2); Yu Yangyi (Chn, 2) bt Kirill Kuderinov (Kaz, 1); Ding Liren (Chn, 2) bt Lou Yiping (Chn, 1); Ziaur Rahman (Ban, 1) lt to Yu Ruiyuan (Chn, 2); GN Gopal (1.5) drew Asghar Golizadeh (Iri, 1.5); Zhou Weiqi (Chn, 1.5) drew Neelotpal Das (1.5); Oliver Barbosa (Phi, 2) bt Abhijeet Gupta (1); Padmini Rout (1) lt to SP Sethuraman (2); S Kidambi (1) drew Duong The Anh (Vie, 1); B Adhiban (10) drew Jony Habla (Phi, 1); Nelson Iii Mariano (Phi, 0.5) lt to Tejas Bakre (1.5); P Hari Krishna (1) bt Wang Li (Chn, 0); D Harika (0.5) drew Julius de Ramos (0.5).<br /><br />Women: Ju Wenjun (Chn, 1.5) bt Subbaraman Meenakshi (0.5); Ghazal Hakimifard (Iri, 1) drew Kiran Manisha Mohanty (1); Tania Sachdev (1) bt Aices Salvador (Phi, 0).</p>
<p>International Master Tania Sachdev also overcame a shocking first round loss in the women’s section to beat Aices Salvador of Philippines.<br /><br />Among others, International Master SP Sethuraman defeated compatriot Padmini Rout to share a nine-way lead at the top.<br /><br />The other leaders are Chinese trio of Yu Ruiyuan, Ding Liren and Yu Yangyi, Filipinos Allan Macala, Oliver Barbosa and Wesley So, Susanto Magaranto of Indonesia.<br /><br />In the next round, Sasikiran will take on Magaranto while Sethuraman has an important game against Yangyi.<br /><br />Grandmaster P Harikrishna also recovered from a first round loss to post his first win in the tournament at the expense of Wang Li of China.<br /><br />The Indian was relentless in his effort and was a picture of confidence while outclassing Wang Li, who had lost his first round to Abhijeet Gupta. Abhijeet, however, ended on the losing end against Oliver Barbosa.<br /><br />S Meenakshi also had a bad day in office as she went down fighting against top seeded Ju Wenjun of China while Kiran Manisha Mohanty played out a draw with Ghazal Hakimifrad of Iran.<br /><br />Important results (round II, Indians unless stated): Men: Homayoon Toufighi (Iri, 1) lt to K. Sasikiran (2); Ni Hua (Chn, 1.5) drew Tu Hoang Thong (Vie, 1.5); Salem AR Saleh (UAE, 1) lt to Wesley So (Phi, 2); Yu Yangyi (Chn, 2) bt Kirill Kuderinov (Kaz, 1); Ding Liren (Chn, 2) bt Lou Yiping (Chn, 1); Ziaur Rahman (Ban, 1) lt to Yu Ruiyuan (Chn, 2); GN Gopal (1.5) drew Asghar Golizadeh (Iri, 1.5); Zhou Weiqi (Chn, 1.5) drew Neelotpal Das (1.5); Oliver Barbosa (Phi, 2) bt Abhijeet Gupta (1); Padmini Rout (1) lt to SP Sethuraman (2); S Kidambi (1) drew Duong The Anh (Vie, 1); B Adhiban (10) drew Jony Habla (Phi, 1); Nelson Iii Mariano (Phi, 0.5) lt to Tejas Bakre (1.5); P Hari Krishna (1) bt Wang Li (Chn, 0); D Harika (0.5) drew Julius de Ramos (0.5).<br /><br />Women: Ju Wenjun (Chn, 1.5) bt Subbaraman Meenakshi (0.5); Ghazal Hakimifard (Iri, 1) drew Kiran Manisha Mohanty (1); Tania Sachdev (1) bt Aices Salvador (Phi, 0).</p>