Mahesh Mangaonkar did the star turn as eighth seed India edged out seventh seed Germany 2-1 and moved to the quarterfinal of the WSF World men's team squash championship in Marseille, France. Facing an unsure opponent in Valentin Rapp, Maheshcontrolled the volleys and varied the drives to eventually carve out a comfortable 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 win yesterday in 31 minutes to bring joy to the Indian camp.After Vikram Singh had put India one up with his fluent11-8, 11-1, 11-8 win over Rudi Rohrmuller, the focus shiftedto the clash between the two number one players Saurav Ghosaland Simon Rosner.It was a close battle with fortunes oscillating either way. Both players traded two games each and in the decisive fifth game, Ghosal looked a spent force. Rosner ran away with the game and the match 11-9, 4-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-3 to restore parity.