Chennai, Aug 14: Akshay Deepak remained the lone Indian contender after seven other home favourites bowed out after the first round of qualifying at the 5th ICL PSA Circuit-2 Squash Championships here yesterday. Deepak scored a 9-11 11-7 12-10 11-7 victory in just 28 minutes against Iranian Masoud Gharehzyadini in the first round.
Paramit Singh, Ravi Dixit, Ramit Tandon, Shakti Singh, B.Balamurugan, Hari Om Tripati and Karan Malik were the Indians who were shown the exit.

After the second round qualifying tomorrow, the main draw will commence on August 15.

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First round results of Indian players:

Max Lee (HKG) bt Paramit Singh 11-6, 11-7, 11-2; Andrew Wagih Shoukry (Egy) bt Ravi Dixit 11-6, 11-5, 11-0; Ali Miski (Leb) bt Ramit Tandon 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9; MD. Sayed Mahmoud Al (Egy) bt Shakti Singh 11-1, 11-8, 11-7; Ahmed Khalil (Egy) bt Balamuguran 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; Hitham Ashoush (Egy) bt Hari Om Tripati 11-1, 11-7, 11-6; Cheng Yao Huang (Hkg) bt Karan Malik 11-3, 11-2, 12-10. Bureau Report