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Rajan bows out

BANGALORE, APRIL 3. The top seeds in both the +45 and +55 sections were knocked out of the Indian Oil Servo all-India invitation veterans' tennis championship at the Century Club courts here today.

The fourth-seeded S. Parekh of Maharashtra stunned the top seed and holder, C.S. Rajan of Karnataka 5-7, 6-2,7-6 (7-5) and entered the final of the +55 singles. Parekh will meet the second seed A. Mubarak of Tamil Nadu who beat D. Gururaj of Karnataka 7-5, 6-2.

In the +45 singles, the sixth seed Ram Mohan Rao of Andhra Pradesh shocked the top seed, Yogesh Shah of Gujarat 6-1, 7-6 (7-1) to set up a title clash with the second seed S. Settu, also of Tamil Nadu. Settu rallied to down V.T. Ranaganathan of Karnataka 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

The third and fourth seeds, also made their exits in the +65 section. The top seed, V. Chiranjeevi of AP beat the fourth seed C.B. Raju, also of AP 6-3, 6-4 and the unseeded Nagaraja Rao of Karnataka beat G. Palani of Tamil Nadu 6-4, 6-2.

The results (semifinals):

+45: Ram Mohan Rao (AP) bt Yogesh Shah (Guj) 6-1, 7-6 (7-1); S. Settu (TN) bt V.T. Ranganathan (Kar) ) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. +55: A. Mubarak (TN) bt D. Gururaj (Kar) 7-5, 6-2; S. Parekh (Mah) bt C.S. Rajan (Kar) 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). +65: V. Chiranjeevi (AP) bt C.B. Raju (AP) 6-3, 6-4; H.A. Nagaraja Rao (Kar) bt G. Palani (TN) 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles: + 45: K.R. Raman & Yogesh Shah (Guj) bt Sagar Engineer & S. Dore (Mah) 6-3, 6-4; V.T. Ranganathan & V. Rajashekar (Kar) bt S. Settu (TN) & M.R. Ramesh (Ker) 6-3, 6-4. +55: H.S. Sarma & T.A.P.N. Rao (AP) bt Adisesha Rao & Chinchurama Reddy (AP) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3); S. Parekh (Mah) & Madan Mohan Singh (AP) bt Chengappa (AP) & A. Mubarak (TN) 6-2, 6-1. +65: G.K. Sangameshwar & Ballal (Kar) bt V. Chiranjeevi & C.B. Raju (AP) 6-1,6-3; G. Palani (TN) & H.A. Nagaraja Rao (Kar) bt Keerthi Kumar & Sampath Raghavan (TN) 6-4, 6-2.

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