Roy beats Gajjar

Rupesh Roy beat third-seeded Rohan Gajjar 7-6(5), 6-4 in the first round of the ITF men's Futures tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex here on Tuesday.

The results: First round: Kento Takeuchi (Jpn) bt Richard Gabb (GBR) 6-4 (retired); Saketh Myneni bt James Feaver (GBR) 6-1, 6-1; Sarvr Ikramov (Uzb) bt Miles Bugby (GBR) 6-2, 6-4; Hsien-Yin Peng (Tpe) bt Akash Wagh 6-3, 6-2; Sriram Balaji bt Sam Barry (Irl) 6-3, 7-6(1); Rupesh Roy bt Rohan Gajjar 7-6(5), 6-4; V.M. Ranjeet bt Mohit Mayur 6-4, 6-1; Jordi Munoz-Abreu (Esp) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-2, 6-2; Matthieu Vierin (Ita) bt Arun Prakash Rajagopalan 6-4, 2-1 (retired).

Doubles: Pre-quarterfinals: Vijay Kannan and Arun Prakash Rajagopalan bt Mark Alexander Kepler (Ger) and Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-3, 6-4; Vivek Shokeen and Sanam Singh bt P. C. Vignesh and Akash Wagh 6-0, 6-0.