Date:02/11/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/11/02/stories/2006110209392200.htm

Sport - Tennis

Rambabu advances

HYDERABAD: A. Rambabu of Hyderabad defeated Rakesh Kohli of Meerut 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-2 in the 45 years & above category main draw of the second GVK-ITF seniors (veterans) tennis tournament.

The results: Main draw: 1st round: 45 years & above: Vaithalingam Shanker bt Salim Khan 6-1, 6-1; V. Rajasekhar bt M. Chandrasekhar 6-3, 6-1; Ajit Bharadwaj bt S. Nettappa 6-1, 6-0; T. Purushotham Reddy bt R.V. Rama Raju 6-2, 6-3; Maruti Mohan bt M.S. Rama Rao 6-1, 6-1; Yogesh Shah bt A.R. Rao 6-3, 6-1; A. Rambabu bt Rakesh Kohli 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-2; Madhukar bt Krishna Mohan 6-2, 6-1; N. Poonacha bt Suryanarayana 6-2, 6-0; S. Settu bt M. Ramesh 6-0, 6-0; G. Krishnam Raju bt C. Satish Kumar 6-1, 6-4. 55 years & above: V. Ram Mohan Rao bt Ankaiah 6-2, 6-1; C.B. Ganga Dharab bt Yadgiri Rao 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; M.S. Prakash bt R.T.R. Naidu 6-1, 6-3; R.S. Marda bt D.S.N. Raju 6-1, 6-1; Srikanth Parekh bt S.P. Dalvi 6-0, 6-0; Ashok Reddy bt Venkatachalam 6-3, 6-2. 65 years & above: P. Venugopal bt T. Kameswara Rao 6-1, 6-1; K.P. Dubey bt Padmanabhan 7-5, 6-3; Mahadevan bt K.S. Nath 6-3, 6-2; D.D. Rao bt Rajiv Verma 6-2, 5-2 (conceded); T.N. Laxman bt D.R.V. Prasad 6-4, 6-2. Doubles: Final qualifying round: 45 years & above: Anand Swaroop & T. Srinivas bt K. Krishna Mohan & K.S.R.A. Raju 6-2, 6-0; Nelord & A. Bharadwaj bt Maruti Mohan & D. Ravi Shankar 7-5, 6-4; Prabhakar & Nagaraj bt Madhukar Rao & Ch. Suryanarayana 6-0, 6-1. 55 years & above: T. Sreedhar & T. Subrahmanyam bt Om Prakash Agarwal & S. Pohankar 6-0, 6-1; A.T.R. Naidu & M.S. Prakash bt G.S.H. Prasad & Pandu Ranga Murthy 6-2, 6-4; Ramakrishna & K.R.K. Murthy bt Y.V. Ramakrishna & Dhaval Patel 6-4, 7-5.