Srinath, Fazal crash out

HYDERABAD, JANAURY 11: The upset trend continued on Day Two in the Bank of Baroda ITF Futures tennis championship with four seeds crashing...

HYDERABAD, JANAURY 11: The upset trend continued on Day Two in the Bank of Baroda ITF Futures tennis championship with four seeds crashing out in the men’s singles and top seeds in doubles making their exit at the APLTA Gymkhana courts on Tuesday.

It was a disappointing day for the sparse crowd that had gathered at the APLTA courts when second seed Prahlad Srinath surrendered meekly to Jeremy who wrapped up the match in 55 minutes. Srinath was broken thrice in the first set — in the fourth, sixth and eight games.

Results: Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals): Pramono Hendri (Ina) bt Vijay Kanan (Ind) 6-4, 6-0; Ladislav Svarc (Svk) bt Miles Maclagan (GBR) 6-3, 6-2; Sandeep Kirtane (Ind) bt Tomas Janci (Svk) 6-4, 6-3; Suwandi-Suwandi (Ina) bt Nikola Ciric (Yug) 6-2, 6-2; Jeremy Delinbeuf (Fra) bt Prahlad Srinath (Ind) 6-2, 6-0; Dimitri Mazur (Uzb) bt Justine Layne 6-4, 6-2; Golovanov Denis (Rus) bt Syed Fazaluddin (Ind) 6-4, 6-4; Saurav Panja (Ind) bt K Shivshankar (Ind) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Nitin Kirtane (Ind) bt Vijendra Laad (Ind) 6-4, 6-4; Kirill Ivanov (Rus) bt Boris Borgula (Svk) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Vinod Shridhar (Ind) bt Widhiyanto Febi (Ina) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Andy Ram (Isr) bt Anton Kokurin (Uzb) 7-6(4), 7-6(1); Nir Welgreen (Isr) bt Kamala Kannan (Ind) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Kobi Ziv (Isr) bt Radim Zitko (Cze) 6-2, 6-2; Sander Groen (Ned) bt Mustafa Ghouse (Ind) 6-1, 6-3; Vishaal Uppal (Ind) bt Sebastian Dacosta (Ina) 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles (pre-quarters): Prahlad Srinath/Saurav Panja (Ind) bt Sandeep Kirtane/Syed Fazaluddin (Ind) 6-3, 6-4; Suwandi-Suwandi/Edy Kusdaryanato (Ina) bt Vijay Kannan/Manoj Mahadevan 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.