Top seeds Shekar, Balachandar ease into pre-quarters

Bengaluru, December 14: Top-seeded Shekar Veeraswamy of Karnataka and second-seeded Balachandar Subramanian of Tamil Nadu eased into the pre-quarterfinals of the Tabebuia Open 2017 AITA Tennis Tour second ranking tournament of the Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour here at the KSLTA on Thursday.

Earlier in the morning, Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna inaugurated the tournament before volleying some balls with top-seeds Shekar and Balachandar. “I am really honoured to be here. These players are the ones who make the tournament happen. I hope we have wheelchair tennis player representing India soon. With all help and support, I am sure they be successful,” said Bopanna.

Along with Astha founder Sunil Jain, Bopanna earlier lighted the lamp.

First round Results: (1) Shekar Veeraswamy, Kar bt Sathasivam Kannupayan, TN 9-0; K Keshavan, Kar bt Sameer Ahmed Velur,TN 9-3; Madesh Chandra, Kar bt Anjinapa, Kar 9-5; (8) K Gopinath K. Kar bt Shankarlinga B Tavali, Kar 9-1; (4) D Mariappan, TN bt Gangadharappa, Kar 9-0; Sagar BR, Kar bt Dilip Kumar TP, Kar 9-2; M Gabriel, TN bt Joseph Abraham, Kar 9-0; (5) Anand Selvaraj, TN bt Md Hadis Habib, Mah 9-0; (6) S Suresh Kumar, TN bt Alexander James S, TN 9-1; Anil D Almeida, Kar bt N Ganesan, TN 9-0; Saravanan D, Kar w/o Mahesh B Angadi, Kar; (3) Shivaprasad, Kar bt A Michael Anant Raj, TN 9-0; (7) K Karthik, TN bt Devagowda Anjanappa, Kar 9-0; R Satyamoorthy, TN bt Moulali MG, Kar 9-6; Madhusudhan H, Kar bt Indrajeet Pandey, TN 9-7; (2) Balachandar Subramanian, TN bt Neelanjanaiah, Kar 9-2