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Journalism of Courage
PUNE, May 13: Wild card entrant Ajay Ramaswami who has the potential of being a percentage player, sounded a warning to the top players of the Indian tennis fraternity, when he knocked out fifth-seed Anand Sukumar of Karnataka in the first round of the men8217;s singles event, thus marking the first upset in the Western India tennis tournament for the Rocket Trophy at the Deccan Gymkhana courts today.
Ramaswami, a Batra Tennis Academy student, who was the national under-16 champion last year, displayed his growing stature in his 6-1 6-2 annhilation of Sukumar.
Unseeded player Vijay Kannan of Delhi fought his heart out against the second seed KV Ganesh of Tamil Nadu, but lost in the nail biting first set 5-7 and then went down 4-6 in the grueling second set.
In the women8217;s doubles event, the unseeded pair of Reetu Sethi and Mable Abraham upset the fourth seeded Aparna Srinivasan and Nehal Chopra 6-4 6-2. Results seeding in prefix
Men8217;s singles first round: 1-Vasudev Reddy AP bt S Narendranath Mah 6-2 6-2; Ajay Ramaswami Mah bt 5-Anand Sukumar Kar 6-1 6-2; Y Sandeep AP bt Anjan Viplav AP 6-2 6-2; 8-CV Anand TN bt Shikha Singh Mah 6-2 6-2; 4-P Srinath Kar bt M Vijaykumar AP 6-2 6-0; Bhaskar Chowdhary Asm bt Ankush Chhabra Mah 6-2 6-0; Umang Chhada Guj bt R Balaji TN 6-3 6-3; 3-Nitin Kirtane Mah bt S Zaman Ben 6-0 6-1; 7-Shailesh Dhoble Mah bt Ronney Sarkar Ben 6-0 1-0 conceded; DR Jayadeva Kar bt 6-Intikhab Ali Mah 6-0 6-0; K Shivshankar Kar bt Vijayendra Laad Mah 6-1 6-1; Amod Wakalkar Mah bt Girish Ramchandani Guj 6-2 6-1; Rohan Wadhera Del bt Paraj Natekar Mah 4-6 6-3 6-2; 2-KV Ganesh TN bt Vijay Kumar Del 7-5 6-4.
