Maharashtra tennis teams win

Later, Andhra met strong Maharashtra and Vijendra Laad put the latter ahead by winning the first singles. However, with Vasudeva Reddy leading against Mustafa Ghouse, play was called off due to bad light.

In the morning, Maharashtra, playing with their second string, routed Arunachal Pradesh 3-0. The north-eastern state could not win a single game in the entire tie as Mustafa Ghouse and Vijendra Laad in singles and the pair of Asif Ismail/Gaurav Natekar trampled their opponents.

Hosts Manipur had to face a similar rout as Arunachal Pradesh as Tamil Nadu’s Manoj Mahadevan and Vinod Sridhar won their singles without dropping a game.

In the women’s, Maharashtra represented by Radhika Tulpule and Janaki Krishnamoorthy toyed with their Manipuri opponents V Kim and Khabl Devi.

Six women’s teams have divided into two groups for the quarter-final league. The final of the team event will be held on February 17. In the individual events will start on the same day and continue till February 20. Vijay Kannan (Delhi) and Rushmi Chakravarthy (Tamil Nadu) have been top seeded in the individual events.