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
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
