Vishnu Vardhan registered a comfortable victory over Jose Statham in the second singles to give India a commanding 2-0 lead in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania relegation play-off tie against New Zealand, in Chandigarh today. Up by two sets to one in the match, which was stopped yesterday due to fading light, Vishnu dominated the proceedings today as he took just 31 minutes to complete the win. Vishnu served as well as returned extremely well to beat the Kiwi number one, 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 in a match that lasted a total duration of two hours and 57 minutes.