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Rain during weekend and on Monday delayed the start of the main Draw until yesterday, when play finally got underway in the ITF Grand Slam development fund Men's Professional $ 10000 event with Renouk Wijemanne and Rajiv Rajapakse, both wild card entries, down to play in the first round.

At the time of going to press. Wijemanne had conceded the first set, 4/6 to Dutchman Sander Groen, a qualifier. Wijemanne had his chances when he led 4/3 in the 1st set, but squandered four break points. He was engaged in a keen tussle with the Dutchmen in the 2nd set with the Sri Lankan leading 5/2 when play was stopped due to poor light conditions. Rajiv Rajapakse was down a set, but fighting gallantly in the 2nd set with the scores at 5/5 when play was stopped.

Earlier Oshada Wijemanne gave Franklin Emmanuel a walk over into the second round of the 64-man qualifying round, but the National Champion bowed out to Briton Robert Green, 6/3, 6/3 in the second round. Dinusha Wijesuriya also advanced to the second round, defeating compatriot Chank Algama, 6/1, 6/1, but then came up against a superior opponent in Indian Jaco Matthew, who won 6/2, 6/0.

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