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Settu sails into semifinals

HYDERABAD: S. Settu of Tamil Nadu outplayed A.R. Rao of Andhra Pradesh 6-0, 6-1 in the 55 years & above singles quarterfinals of the 13th GVK-AISTA senior National veterans’ tennis championship at the SAAP Tennis Complex here on Thursday.

The results:

Quarterfinals: (all AP players unless mentioned): 65 years & above: P. Kesava Perumal (TN) bt Nagaraja Rao (Kar) 6-4, 7-5; C. Radhakrishnan (TN) bt T.N. Laxmanan (TN) 7-5, 4-6, 6-0; S. Parekh (Mah) bt D. Madhava Murthy 6-0, 6-0; V.R. Kulkarni (Kar) bt Ramesh Gautam (U.P.) 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles: Muthu Kumara Swamy & Kesava Perumal (TN) bt Chengappa & Appala Raju 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.

55 years & above: S. Settu (TN) bt A.R. Rao 6-0, 6-1; Abdul Azeez bt D.S.N. Raju 6-1, 6-3; Madhav Ghate (Mah) bt C.S. Rajan (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Ram Mohan Rao bt M. Yadgiri 6-1 (conceded).

Doubles: A. Rambabu (AP) & S. Settu (TN) bt Vijay Sahane (Mah) & Bhaskar Reddy (AP) 6-2, 6-3.

Azeezullah & Joseph Kumar bt M.S. Venkatachalam (TN) & M.M. Singh 6-4, 6-4; T.A.P.N. Rao & K.R.K. Murthy bt Madhav Ghate (Mah) & Gopalakrishna 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-1.

45 years & above: R.E. Sudarshan Rao bt Paul Manohar 6-0, 6-0; Narendranath bt V. Srinivasa Reddy 6-3, 6-0; V. Shanker (Del) bt R.V. Rama Raju 6-4, 7-6(6); Yogesh Shah (Guj) bt V.T. Ranganath (Kar) 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Chinni Sudhakar & Vijay Kumar (Ker) bt R.V.R. Raju & G.K. Raju 6-2, 7-6(6); M. Sridhar & M. Suresh bt K.S. Raju & N.V. Swamy 7-6(4), 6-4; Yogesh Shah (Guj) & L.R.N. Ramesh (Kar) bt Manmada Rao & Dhananjeyulu 6-4, 6-2; R.E. Sudarshan & S.C. Bose bt J.S. Sundaram & Aravind 6-1, 6-1; V.S. Reddy & V.T. Ranganath bt Ravi & Rameshwar 6-3, 6-2; Narendranath & Uma bt Akshan & Joji Reddy 6-1, 6-1; Anand Swaroop & Srinivas bt Vijay Kumar & Pandu 6-1, 6-3.

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