India's [ Images ] Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] and Sunitha Rao advanced into the second round of the US Open [ Images ] qualifiers while Prakash Amritraj's [ Images ] match was halted due to rain on Wednesday.

Bopanna came through easily against France's [ Images ] Julien Jeanpierre 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round, which was put off to Wednesday after the first day of qualifying was washed out.

The top-ranked Indian will play 19th seed Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay in the second round on Thursday, while Amritraj is placed 6-3, 1-6, 4-5 against Japan's [ Images ] Kei Nishikori.

Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi overcame 27th seed Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) to set up a second round with Brazil's [ Images ] Rogerio Dutra Silva.

In the women's section, the US-based Sunitha rallied from a set down to beat Romania's Monica Niculescu 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. She will next play number 20 seed Varvara Lepchenko of Uzbekistan.