Anand-Waheed emerge senior doubles champs
Waheed of Officers Club and Sethu Kannan of Tamil Nadu emerged winners of the singles events at the Tanla Hyderabad Open All India Senior Tennis Championship at Lake View Tennis Academy here.
Waheed beat Nagesh Karvi 10-8 to win the 40+ title while Kannan sailed past Sandeep Pawar of Mumbai 10-5 in the 30+ final of the tournament organised by Hyderabad Open Tennis Association (HOTA) in which 200 players from across India participated.
Waheed also won the 40+ doubles title alongside his IPS officer and sports enthusiastic partner C. V. Anand. The duo defeated Akhil Mature and Sheetal Sarma of Delhi 10-8 in the final. THE RESULTS (all finals)
30+ singles: Sethu Kannan (Tamil Nadu) bt Sandeep Pawar (Mumbai)
10-5.
40+ singles: Waheed (Officers Club) bt Nagesh Karvi (Mumbai) 10-8.
50+ singles: K. Venkata Narayana Murthy (Yekta tennis, Hyderabad) bt Neelkanth Damre (Mumbai) 10-8.
60+ singles: Ajith Bharadwaj (Delhi) bt V Sankar (Yektha Tennis, Hyderabad) 10-8.
30+ doubles: Vijay Anand (Asif Club, Hyderabad)/ Sethu
Kannan (Tamil Nadu) bt Raja/ Dilip (Victorius Tennis Academy) 10-5.
40+ doubles: C. V. Anand (Hyderabad)/ Waheed bt Akhil Mature/ Sheetal Sarma (Delhi) 108.
50+ doubles: Sudheer Reddy (Krishna Swami Advanced Tennis Academy, Hyderabad)/ Muni Krishna Reddy (Vikram Tennis Academy, Srikalahasti) bt N. Narasimha Reddy (Hyderabad)/ Neelkanth Damrey (Mumbai) 6-2, 63.
60+ doubles: Anand Swaroop/ Srinivas (Asif Club, Hyderabad) bt Mehar Prakash (Yekta Tennis, Hyderabad)/ Paul Manoher (Officers Club, Guntur).