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NT Bureau
Chennai, Jan 25:

        Jasper rallied to beat Selvam 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 yesterday in the prequarterfinals of the Above 45 singles category of the T S Santhanam Memorial Veterans' tennis tournament organised by The Mylapore Club here.

        Results — Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Above 45: V Shanker bt Senthil Kumar 6-0, 6-2; Jasper bt Selvam 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; R C Sudershan Rao bt Praveen Wilson 0-6, 7-6(1), 6-3; K Mehar Prakash bt Koteeswar Rao 6-4, 3-6, 7-5; S Settu bt Yogesh Shah 6-4, 6-3; V T Ranganath bt C Vijayakumar 6-2, 6-3; Puneet Gupta bt Anand Mohan 6-0, 6-2; K R Raman bt A S Khan 6-2, 6-2.

        Above 55: V Ram Mohan Rao bt M S Venkatachalam 6-2, 6-3; C R Gangadharan bt Md Azizullah 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Madhav Ghate bt Ram Babu 6-4, 6-3; C S Rajan bt S Narasimha Rao 6-0, 6-1; A G Krishnan bt P R Raju 6-0, 6-1; M S Prakash bt J Cherian 7-5, 4-6, 3-1 (con); R I Singh bt Balachandran 6-2, 6-0; Ashok Reddy bt D S Rao 6-4, 7-6(4).

        Above 65: Kesava Perumal bt D D Rao 6-2, 6-1; S K Rednam bt C Radhakrishnan 2-6, 6-1, 6-3; Ramesh Gautham bt Muthukumarswamy 6-1, 4-6, 6-0; S Parekh bt C H Naidu 6-0, 6-0; V Chiranjeevi bt R Ananda 6-4, 6-1; Sreedhar bt C B Raju 6-2, 6-2; K V Appala Raju bt A J Keerthi Kumar 6-1 (con); Nagaraja Rao bt Saileshwar Reddy 6-3, 6-3.

        Doubles (quarterfinals): Above 65: R Ananda & Chengappa bt Saileshwar Reddy & Seshadri Nath 6-1, 6-3; Parekh & Ramesh Gautham bt C B Raju & Sreedar 6-2, 7-5.

        Above 55: Adishesa Reddy & Chinchurami Reddy bt Venkatraman & K S R A Raju 6-4, 6-1; R T R Naidu & M S Prakash bt M S Venkatachalam & C R Gangadaran 6-0, 6-3; R I Singh & Madhav Ghate bt Ram Babu & A R Rao 6-2, 6-0.