AITA 30K Raghuveer cup men’s tennis : Vijay Kannan triumphs

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Caption: The winners in the AITA Raghuveer Cup 30k Men’s Tennis Tournament seen with the prizes: (Standing from left) N.P. Raghuveer, Suraj R. Prabodh (runner-up), Vijay Kannan (winner) and Sabareesh (Chief Referee)./ Star of Mysore
Caption: The winners in the AITA Raghuveer Cup 30k Men’s Tennis Tournament seen with the prizes: (Standing from left) N.P. Raghuveer, Suraj R. Prabodh (runner-up), Vijay Kannan (winner) and Sabareesh (Chief Referee)./ Star of Mysore

 Mysore :

Second seed from Tamil Nadu and former Davis Cupper, Vijay Kannan playing attacking tennis on both the flanks scored an upset win over top-seeded Karnataka lad Suraj R. Prabodh 6-2, 6-2, and won the men’s singles title on the concluding day of the 30K AITA Men’s Tennis Tournament for the Raghuveer Cup at the Raghuveer Tennis Academy courts here on Friday.

Vijay Kannan dominated the proceedings right from the beginning and broke Suraj in the second and fourth games and wrapped the first set with ease at 6-2. In the second set too, he capitalised on the unforced errors of his rival and took full control and went on to win the set and tie at 6-2.

Results

Men’s singles: Final: Vijay Kannan (TN) bt Suraj R. Prabodh (Kar) 6-2, 6-2.

Semi-finals: Suraj R. Prabodh (Kar) bt Nikki K. Poonacha (TN) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4; Vijay Kannan (TN) bt Tushar

Mandelkar (CG) 6-2, 6-2. Quarter-finals: Suraj R Prabodh (Kar) bt Prithvi Haas (AP) 6-2, 6-2; Nikki Poonacha (TN) bt S.Prateek (Kar) 6-3, 6-0; Tushar Mandelkar (CG) bt Darshan Srinivas (Kar) 6-1, 6-4;Vijay Kannan (TN) bt Rashien Samuel (Kar) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.

Men’s Doubles: Final: Nikki K. Poonacha/Tushar Mandelkar bt A.K. Pardhasarathy/Fahad Mohammed 6-3, 6-0;

Semi-finals: Nikki Poonacha/M. Tushar bt S.S. Mahesh/K. Prateesh 6-3, 6-3; A.K. Pardhasarathy/Fahad Ahmed (AP) bt Suraj R. Prabodh/S. Prateek 6-4, 3-6, 10-7

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / April 27th, 2013