City’s R. Nagaraj, an Administrative Officer in Income-Tax, Mysuru, taking part in the T.S. Santhanam Memorial AITA National Veteran’s Tennis Tournament for men held at Chennai on Saturday, won 55 plus men’s singles and doubles and clinched a grand double.
In the men’s 55 plus singles final, Nagaraj beat Nirmal 6-2, 6-2 to clinch the title.
In the men’s doubles, R. Nagaraj, teaming up with Sanjai Kumar (Kerala), beat N. Dilip Singh and M. Suresh 6-0, 6-2 in the final.
Results
Men’s Singles (55 plus): 1st Round: R. Nagaraj bt A.S. Sridhar 6-0, 6-0, 2nd Round: bt Rajagopalan 6-1, 6-0, Quarter-finals: bt L.Srinivasan 6-1, 6-0, Semi-finals: bt G. Chellaiah 6-4, 6-0, Final bt Nirmal 6-2, 6-2.
Men’s Doubles: (55 plus): 1st Round: A. Sanjai Kumar & R. Nagaraj bt Koushik Ganesh & Rajashekar 6-1, 6-2, Quarter-finals: bt R. Krishnaswamy & Balasubramaniam 6-2, 6-4, Semi-finals: bt Karthik Kailash & Rajaram 6-4, 6-1, Final: bt N. Dilip Singh & M. Suresh 6-0, 6-2.
This post was published on January 29, 2018 6:34 pm