Rajasekhar beats Murthy, enters quarterfinals

Vijayawada: Prakash Rajasekhar defeated KVL Murthy 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to reach the 55+ category quarterfinals in the V Ramayya Memorial ITF-MT 200 tennis tournament at the IGMC stadium tennis courts, Vijayawada on Monday. Alluri Vijay Babu, chairman, Nalanda Educational Institutions, inaugurated the tournament. International players and coaches D Rama Rao, Taher Ali were felicitated on the occasion.Results PQFs: 55+: Prakash Rajasekhar bt KVL Murthy 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Samson Yohan bt Madhavan Gopalakrishnan 7-6 (2) 6-4. 60+ : Udayeswara Rao Lingam bt Shibu Mathew 6-2, 6-4; K R Madhukar Kumar bt Siva Reddy T 6-3, 6-0. 65+ : Ashish Sen bt Ramesh Kumar 8-1, 6-0; Sunil Kumar Pandey bt P Bala Ramaiah 6-1, 6-1; Sasibhushan Rao P bt Raveendranath Nair 7-5, 6-3. 70+ : D Rama Rao bt Ganesan Radhakrishnan 6-1, 6-0.