Sharath Kamal dismissed his English opponent Andrew Baggaley 4-0 (12-10 11-7 11-8 11-7) in double quick time to grab the top spot in group seven.
Earlier, the Indian ca ace had defeated Jan Zibrat of Slovaia 4-2 (6-11 11-6 11-6 5-11 11-4 11-6) in his tournament opener.
With just a match against Kazakhstan's Kirill Gerassimenkno to go tomorrow, Sharath Kamal should, in all probability, retain his numero uno position in the group.
Amalraj, who began his campaign with an upset 4-1 win over world number 49 Emmanuel Lebesson of France, continued in the same vein and defeated beat Maldova's Vladislav Sorbalo in straight games of 11-7 11-9 11-5 11-9 to lead group two. He will next play Hong Kong's Wu Chi Chi tomorrow.
India, however, witnessed a mixed outing in the women's section. While world number 225 Poulomi Ghatak stunned 85th ranked Oxana Fedeeva of Russia 4-2 (11-7 11-8 11-9 6-11 11-13 11-5), Kumaresan Shamini lost to world number 93rd Gabriala Feher from Serbia 3-4 (11-9 9-11 11-6 13-15 11-9 11-13 11-9).
The only hurdle for Poulomi now is Netherland's Elena Timina, who is ranked 121 in the world.
National coach Bhawani Mukherjee expressed happiness over the performance of the players, but cautioned his wards against complacency.
"They can't sit back and think about what happened in the morning. With just two group toppers going into second stage, they have to be consistent," he said.
