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This is an archive article published on November 7, 2008

Rama Rao upsets top seed

Unseeded D. S. Rama Rao of Maharashtra caused a major upset defeating top seed and defending champion Dr. Rama Mohan Rao AP 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the 55 category of the GVK-AISTA Senior National Ranking Tennis Championship...

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Unseeded D. S. Rama Rao of Maharashtra caused a major upset defeating top seed and defending champion Dr. Rama Mohan Rao AP 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the 55 category of the GVK-AISTA Senior National Ranking Tennis Championship, played at the Practennis courts at Andheri on Thursday.

Trailing by a set, Rama Rao began slicing deep and playing the ball in the corners to win crucial points and the second set 7-5. In the final set Rama Rao was sitting pretty with a 5-1 and 30-0 lead, but the top seed fought back to reduce the margin to 4-5. However, Rama Rao kept his head to win the last game on 15 and with it the match.

There was another upset in the 65 category, with M Krishna Swamy of Karnataka defeating second seed C Radha Krishnan of Tamil Nadu 6-2, 6-2.

Results
45Singles: R.E.Sudarshan Rao AP bt M.V.Swamy AP 6-0,6-1; 5-Paul ManoharAP bt Dilip.N. Loudhe 6-2,6-4; 4-M. Suresh AP bt R.N. RameshKar 2-6,6-4,6-3; 7-K.Mehere Prakash AP bt Sagar Engineer Mah 6-3,6-4.
55Singles: D.S.RamaraoMah bt 1-Dr. S Ramamohan Rao AP 4-6,7-5,6-4; 5-T.N.Rao AP bt S.D.Kumar AP 6-1,6-1; 4-Pushparaj Kar bt M.S.PrakashAP 6-3,6-3; Dhaval Patel Mah bt Soumil Mehta Mah 4-6,6-4,4-2.
85Singles: 1-S. Parekh Mah bt S. Subramanyam 6-1,6-1; D. Madhav Murthy AP bt D.R.Prasad AP 6-3,6-2; M.Krishan SwamyKar bt 2-C. Radhakrishnan TN 6-2,6-2.

 

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