Hyderabad hosts GVK-AISTA senior national tennis championship qualifying rounds

The GVK-AISTA Senior National Tennis Championship qualifiers began at LB Stadium, Hyderabad, with players across 35, 45 and 55 years categories. C H Nagaraju led the 45-plus group, while several veterans including Ramgopal, Appala Raju and Samson Yohan registered wins

Hyderabad: C H Nagaraju defeated N Mallikarjuna 9-1 in the 45 years & above singles first round (qualifying) of the GVK-AISTA Senior National Tennis Championship at LB Stadium here on Monday.

The results: Qualifying: 1st round

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35 years & above:

Ashish Kothari bt K Anil Kumar 9-0

Rama Chandra bt Shashi Puchakayala 9-5

M Sudhir Reddy bt Sunil Botchu 9-5

Dilip Jain bt Naresh Boora 9-0

Srinivas Yadav bt Sandeep Varma Vagesna 9-2

Surya Teja Malaoaka bt A D L Janardhan

45 years & above:

C H Nagaraju bt N Mallikarjuna 9-1

M V Siva Kumar Raju bt Varun Suri 9-2

Hemanshu bt Rupesh 9-3

Sanjay Singh bt Raghu Koterike 9-0

55 years & above:

G Ramgopal bt M V Satya Ramesh 9-4

Mohan Ravi bt Y Srinivas Rao 9-4

V Gandhara Rao bt D Chandra Mouli 9-6

G Appala Raju bt A Kiran Kumari 9-3

Prabhanjan Reddy bt M Purushotham 9-3

Dr Ajay bt Dr T V Rao 9-1

K Samson Yohan bt Chandrasekar Sakala 9-3

Harish Krishna bt P Srinivas 9-0

Sudhakara Reddy bt V Konda 9-0

G Sai Ganesh bt G Srinivas Rao 9-0

Venkata Ratnam bt K U Subbiah 9-0

Sivarama Krishna bt Subba Rao 9-4

S M Shafiullah bt Surya Prakash Rao 9-1

G Ram Gopal bt Louis 9-4

C H Siva bt Mohan Ravi 9-4

G Appala Raju bt V Gangadhara Rao 9-3

Prabhanjan Reddy bt Dr Ajaja 9-1

K Samson Yohan bt Hari Krishna Prasad 9-1

B Sudhakara Reddy bt G Sai Ganesh 9-0

G Srinivasa Rao bt K Venkataratnam 9-4