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Top seeds tumble

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VISAKHAPATNAM: Quarterfinals of plus 65 years singles event of CMR-AITA National veterans ranking tournament here on Thursday witnessed three seeds, including the top seed V. Chiranjeevi (AP) being eliminated.

Unseeded Ramesh Gautam of Uttar Pradesh prevailed over V. Chiranjeevi (AP) in a three-hour battle while qualifier M. Krishnaswamy (Karnataka) ousted fifth seeded T.N. Lakshmanan (TN) and No. 3 seed C.B. Raju (AP) was defeated by No. 6 A.J. Keerthi Kumar (TN).

The results: Plus 65 years quarterfinals: Ramesh Gautam (UP) bt V. Chiranjeevi (AP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; M. Krishnaswamy (Karn) bt T.N. Lakshmanan (TN) 6-3, 6-4; A.J. Keerthi Kumar (TN) bt C.B. Raju (AP) 6-4, 6-4; Kesava Perumal (TN) bt S.K. Rednam (AP) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Plus 55: V. Rammohan Rao (AP) bt M.S. Venkatachalam (TN) 6-1, 6-1; R.I. Singh (Del) bt C.S. Rajan (Karn) 6-2, 6-3; T.A.P.N. Rao (AP) bt C.B. Varaprasad (AP) 6-2, 6-0; Madhav Ghate (Maha) bt N.C. Ashok Reddy (AP) 6-4, 6-4.

Plus 45: Anand Swaroop (AP) bt R.V. Ramaraju (AP) 6-4, 6-2; P.K.Kishore (AP) bt A.R. Rao (AP) 6-0, 6-1; Srinivasa Reddy (AP) bt S. Settu (TN) 6-4, 7-5; V. Shankar (Del) bt Joji Reddy (AP).

Doubles first round: Plus 65: C.B. Raju and Ramesh Gautam bt C. Radhakrishnan and M. Krishnaswamy 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; D.D.R. Reddy and R. Subba Rao bt D.R. Rao and D.R.V. Prasad 6-7(7-4), 6-4, 7-6(7-5); H.M. Umredkar and S.V. Raghavendra Rao bt C. Srihari Raju and G.S.N. Murthy 7-5, 6-7(7-5), 6-3.

Plus 55: R.I. Singh and D.S.N. Raju bt M.S. Prakash and P. Padmanabha Rao 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; R. Padma Raju and S.P. Dalvi bt B.N. Murthy and D. Patel 7-5, 6-4.

Plus 45: K.R. Raman and V. Shankar bt P.A.V.L. Manohar and Ch. Subba Rao 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Ashok Mirpuri and V. Veera Mohan bt S. Manmadha Rao and Dhananjayulu 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. S. Settu and V.T. Ranganathan bt M. Ramesh and M. Suresh 6-2, 6-2.

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