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Raju has it easy

HYDERABAD: Top seed C.B. Raju outplayed P. Venugopal 6-2, 6-1 in the above-65 category singles second round of the second GVK-ITF seniors (veterans) tennis tournament at the Fateh Maidan Tennis Complex here on Thursday.

The results: Above-45: Singles (second round): K.R. Raman bt A. Rambabu 6-3, 6-4; K.R. Madhukar Rao bt N. Poonacha 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; S. Settu bt M. Suresh 6-2, 6-2; V.T. Ranganath bt M. Suresh 6-2, 6-2; V. Shankar bt V. Rajasekhar 6-3, 6-3; Ajit Bharadwaj bt T. Srinivas 7-5, 7-5; Yogesh Shaw bt Maruti Mohan 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles (first round): S. Settu/ V.T. Ranganath bt B.H. Sivarama Raju/ K.S. Raju 6-0, 6-0; Yogesh Shaw/ Sagar Engineer bt M. Ramesh/ Nettappa 6-3, 6-3; Rajasekhar/ A.S. Khan bt Anand Swaroop/ T. Srinivas 6-3, 6-2; R.V. Rama Raju/ G. Krishnam Raju bt A.R. Rao/ M. Suresh 6-2, 6-1; Rakesh Kohli/ Puneet Gupta bt B.G. Reddy/ A. Ramesh 6-3, 6-2; S. Nelord/ A. Bharadwaj bt M. Chandrasekhar/ Kantha Rao 6-3, 7-6; K.R. Raman/ V. Shankar w/o V. Srinivas Reddy/ A. Rambabu.

Above-55: Singles: Madhav Ghate bt P.R. Raju 6-1, 6-2; Ashok Reddy bt D.S. Rao 6-2, 6-4; Srikanth Parekh bt T. Sridhar 6-3, 6-2; R.S. Marda bt T.A.P.N. Rao 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Kodanda Ram bt C.S. Rajan 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; M.S. Prakash bt P.R. Murthy 6-0, 6-0; C.B. Gangadharam bt Y.V. Ramakrishna 6-3, 6-1; V. Ram Mohan bt Pandurangaiah 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles (second round): M.S. Venkatachalam/ Madan Mohan Singh bt Kodanda Ram/ Kulkarni 6-3, 6-0; T.A.P.N. Rao/ C. Guru Raj bt T. Sreedhar/ T. Subrahmanyam 6-0, 7-5.

Above-65: Singles: C.B. Raju bt P. Venugopal 6-2, 6-1; R. Ananda bt K.V. Appala Raju 6-1, 6-3; Muthukumara Swamy bt A. Chengappa 6-2, 6-4; Keshav Perumal bt K.P. Dubey 6-0, 6-2; H.A. Nagaraja Rao bt Ramesh Gautam 7-5, 3-6, 7-5; E.G. Mahadevan bt A.J. Keerti Kumar 6-3, 6-2; T.N. Laxman bt D.D. Rao 7-5, 6-4; S.K. Rednam bt B. Somalingam 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles (second round): C.B. Raju/ Ramesh Gautam bt D.J. Sekhar/ B. Somalingam 6-4, 6-2; Chengappa/ Ananda bt Chetti/ S.N. Subrahmanyam 6-1, 6-0; Nagaraja Rao/ S.K. Rednam bt V. Nani Rao/ Appala Raju 6-2, 6-4.

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