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Rama Rao and Pendarkar advance

Special Correspondent

MUMBAI: Wild card entrants Dr. Pendarkar and Rama Rao (55-plus category) stormed into the semifinals of the GVK AISTA senior National-ranking tennis tournament at the Practennis courts here.

The Maharashtra duo won a marathon quarterfinal 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(4) against the Andhra Pradesh pair of M.S. Prasad and K.S.A. Raju.

The results:

45-plus doubles (quarterfinals): Rana Rai & Mayur Vasant (Mah) bt S. Netappa & P. Janardhan (AP) 6-2, 6-1.

Pre-quarterfinals: V.R. Raju & G.K. Raju (AP) bt R.S. Rao & L.S.N. Raju (AP) 6-4, 6-3; M.S. Narayana & N.V. Swamy (AP) bt W.C.B.H.S. Raju & Verma (AP) 6-3, 6-2; M.P. Prakash (AP) & P.K. Guptha bt M. Suresh (AP) & M.V. Swamy (Guj) 6-4, 6-2.

Rana Rai & Mayur Vasant (Mah) bt P. Manohar (AP) & Yogen Shah (Mah) 6-1, 6-0; V.S. Narsiman & M. Likhile (Mah) bt K.S. Raju & Koteshwar Rao (AP) 6-3, 7-5.

55-plus doubles (quarterfinals): A.P.N. Rao & R. Krishna (AP) bt M. Varalayya & S.D. Kumar (AP) 6-1, 6-1; W.C. Rama Rao & Dr. Pendarkar (Mah) bt M.S. Prakash & K.S.A. Raju (AP) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(4); A. Ram Babu (AP) & Chatwal (Del) bt D.R. Rao (AP) & V. Shahane (Mah) 6-2, 6-4.

Pre-quarterfinals: Varalayya & Kumar bt K.S. Rao & D.D. Darshan (AP) 6-1, 6-2.

65-plus doubles (quarterfinals): C.B. Raju & R. Gautam (AP) bt M.K. Swamy & G.S.N. Murthy (AP) 6-2, 6-4; K.V.A. Raju (AP) & P. Chand bt S. Parekh (Guj) & S. Bhagat (Mah) 6-2, 6-4.

H.D. Balal & Sunmeshwar (Kar) bt A. Changappa (Kar) & N. Rao (AP) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; M. Murthy & Dr. V. Prasad (AP) bt P. Gujrathi & Seshadrinath (AP) 6-1, 6-0;.

Pre-quarterfinals: Gujrathi & Seshadrinath bt S. Sahay & A.V. Dayandar 5-7, 7-6, 6-1.

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