Chennai, Sep 9 - India's unseeded Naresh Kumar put up a brave fight before going down to top seeded Dylan Bennett of the Netherlands in the main draw of the PSA Indian Challenger-3 at the Indian Squash Academy here Wednesday evening.

Hong Kong's Leo Au displayed variety in his game to eliminate third-seeded James Snell of England at 11-7, 9-11, 11-6 in a marathon 70-minute of duel.

Meanwhile, India's Siddarth Suchde (fourth seed), accounted for compatriot Vikas Jangra 11-0, 11-5, 11-8 in just 21 minutes while unseeded Harinder Pal Singh overcame Gaurav Nandrajob 12-10, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 in another all-India match.

Suchde will play sixth seed Aqueel Rahman of Austria who disposed off Sandeep Jangra 11-9, 11-6, 13-15, 11-9 while Harinder takes on second-seeded Mazan Gamal of Egypt who knocked out Japanese Maekswa Kosuke (JPN) 11-0, 11-5, 11-0 in only 20 minutes.

The Naresh Kumar-Bennett match turned out to be most interesting as the Indian failed to achieve a career-best win after playing his heart out. Bennett got the better of Naresh Kumar 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7.

In the WISPA Indian Challenger-1 tournament held concurrently, India's unseeded direct entrant, Harita Om Prakash defeated compatriot and eighth seeded Ankita Sharma 14-12, 11-8, 5-11, 11-4 in 35 minutes.

In the other two ties, fifth seed Anwesha Reddy scored over Shria Khatri, also of India 11-4, 11-9, 11-3 and will take on third-seeded Carmen Lee from Hong Kong while Aparjitha Balamurukan, seeded seventh, claimed a walk over from injured Saumya Karki (Ind).