Date:17/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/17/stories/2008111759831600.htm

Sport - Tennis

Binu Mani enters quarterfinals

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Favourite Binu Mani crushed Mehr Singh 6-0, 6-1 to move into the quarterfinals of the 65th Trivandrum Open tennis tournament at the TTC Club here on Sunday.

Also moving into quarterfinals were N.R. Abhilash, K. Jayakumar, G. Chandu, M.S. Sarathlal, G.L.Vivek and A. Anand.

The results (singles):

Men (pre-quarterfinals): N.R. Abhilash bt S. Aravind 6-4, 6-3; K. Jayakumar bt V.K. Amal 6-0, 6-1; M.S. Sarathlal bt R. Sriram 6-4, 6-2.

G. Chandu bt Nilesh Dinanath 7-6, 3-0 (conceded); G.L.Vivek bt Binoj Mani 6-3, 6-4; A. Anand bt S.L. Arun 7-5, 6-3; Binu Mani bt Mehr Singh 6-0, 6-1.

Boys: Under-18 (quarterfinals): S. Arun Raj bt Ajay John 6-0, 6-0; R. Sriram bt S. Aravind 6-2, 7-6.

M.R. Sivakumar bt S.V. Kiran 6-2, 6-2; G.L. Vivek bt Sarath Babu 6-2, 6-0.

Under-16 (quarterfinals): J.S. Arun Raj bt Vishnu Padmakumar 9-1; Mathew T.Lathra bt Mohammed Hamraz 9-8; Swathy Kanth bt Sachin Vinoth 9-8.

Under-14: Mohammed Hamraz bt Navneeth Ajith 9-5; Vikram Ramesh bt Jaikrishnan R. Nath 8-3; H. Sooraj bt Varun Nair 9-1.

Under-12 (quarterfinalis): Varun Nair bt Gautham Krishnan 9-1; Madhav Narayan Kumar bt Nandu 9-5; Anirudh Jaindan bt Jithin George 8-0. — Principal Correspondent