Indianapolis (Indiana), July 24 (DPA) Unfancied US outsiders stunned a pair of seeds at the weather-plagued Indianapolis Tennis Championships before the rain that had wrecked the programme 24 hours earlier returned Thursday.

An earlier start to make up for unplayed matches proved fruitful for qualifier and recent injury victim Alex Bogomolov, who put out out Israeli second seed Dudi Sela 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).

It was another Cinderella story for Wayne Odesnik, who staged a comeback to eliminate Russian number four Igor Kunitsyn 2-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Frenchman Marc Gicquel maintained the status quo at the first event on the summer hard-court run to the US Open, as he beat a qualifier, in US player Jesse Levine 6-2, 6-2.

A late first-round match, which was to have been played Wednesday, was finally completed as Brazilian Marcos Daniel beat 2005 finalist Taylor Dent of the US 6-2, 6-4.

Bogomolov will be playing in only the second quarter-final of his career, five years after the first.