Gurki Shergill's near-perfect showing helped him upset third-seeded Vijay Kumar in the second round of the SRF matchplay championship at the Delhi Golf Club here on Wednesday.
Shergill, seeded 30, recorded a comprehensive 5 and 3 win over former Indian Open winner Vijay to advance to the pre-quarterfinals.
“I did not miss any fairway and that really helped me,” said Shergill, who would meet Digvijay Singh in the pre-quarters.
Bad start
R. Murthy recovered from a bad start to upstage Sujjan Singh 3 and 1. Shankar Das, Sanjay Kumar and Feroz Ali Mollah were the other prominent players to be knocked out in the second round.
Meanwhile, top seeds Ashok Kumar and Mukesh Kumar sailed smoothly to make the last-16.
The results (second round): Ashok Kumar bt Mohd. Zamal Hossain Mollah 1-up; Harendra Gupta bt Sudhir Sharma 7 and 6; Raju Ali Mollah bt Mohammad Islam on 22nd hole; Rafick Ali Mollah bt Shankar Das 4 and 3; Shaurya Singh bt Suleman Ali 1-up; R. Murthy bt Sujjan Singh 3 and 1; Chiragh Kumar bt Vishal Singh 2 and 1; Gaurav Pratap Singh bt Sanjay Kumar 3 and 2; Mukesh Kumar bt Toran Bikram Shahi 5 and 4; Rudresh Sharma bt Feroze Ali Mollah 1-up; Mandeo Singh Pathania bt Vikrant Chopra 2 and 1; Mithun Perera bt Ranjit Singh 3 and 2; Gurki Shergill bt Vijay Kumar 5 and 3; Digvijay Singh bt M. Dharma 4 and 3; Manav Jaini bt Pappan 4 and 2; Om Prakash Chouhan bt Anura Rohana on the 19th.
