Playing an attacking game on both the flanks lanky Nikit M. Reddy of Andhra Pradesh, scored a well-earned 7-5 win over Muthu Aadi Senthilkumar (Tamil Nadu) and entered the final qualifying round in the Rs. 1 lakh prize money MTC Cup AITA Men’s Tennis Tournament, conducted by Mysore Tennis Club at their courts here yesterday.

The main draw events of the Tournament starts from Monday and an interesting fare is expected with players like former India player V.M. Ranjeet (TN), local lad and Karnataka’s No. 2 ranked player in the men’s section S.D. Prajwal Dev in action.

The Results

Qualifying (3rd round – Best of 13 Games): Nikit M. Reddy (AP) bt Muthu Aadi Senthilkumar (TN) 7-5, Abhishek A. Shukla (Mah) bt

Vishal Reddi (AP) 7-3, A.B. Lohith (TN) bt N. Andrew (Kar) 7-4, Sheik Iftik Mohammad (Assam) bt T.D. Amar (Kar) 7-3, Megh B. Patel (Kar) bt Shivraj Patil Gupta (Kar) 7-1, Krishna Tej Raja (TN) bt Christian Cummins (Mah) 7-5, Anuroop (TS) bt Suraj H. (Kar) 7-6 (7-5), D.C. Chinmay (UP) bt Lakshmana Raj (TN) 7-4, Shahul Anwar (Kar) bt C.R. Aadithya (TN) 7-2, Theyjo J. Oges (TN) bt Anchit Bhagat (Delhi) 7-4, Vikram A. Dhananjay (TN) bt J.S. Arunraj (Ker) 7-2, Chinmay Pradhan (Odi) bt P. Vishnu Prasad (Kar) 7-4, Guhan Rajan (TN) bt Kunal Namashivaya (Kar) 7-4, Naesar V. Jewoor (Kar) bt Ruthvik Bavale (Kar) 7-0, L.R. Balaji (TN) bt L. Yeshwanth (TN) 7-5.