Patna, May 3, 2010: Top seed Manoj Sewa (West Bengal) began his title hunt in style defeating Anirvan Hazarika (Assam) 6-2, 6-0 in P and M Mall AITA ranking tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Monday.In the other actions of the day, Aman Kumar of Bihar edged out Venkat Siddhartha (Bihar) 6-3, 7-5 and Siddharth Verma (WB) got the better of Dhruv Agrawal (UP) 6-2, 6-2.
Earlier, DN Sahay, former Tripura Governor, inaugurated the championship in a colourful function. Sahay also felicitated chief coach of Bihar Lawn tennis Association Kunal Aikat on the occasion.
Results: Men’s first round: Manoj Sewa (WB) bt Anirvan Hazarika (Assam) 6-2, 6-0; Siddharth Verma (WB) bt Dhruv Agrawal (UP) 6-2, 6-2; Rajendra Rai (UP) bt Bheeshmak Srivastava (UP) 6-0, 6-3; Aman Kumar (Bihar) bt Venkat Siddhartha (Bihar) 6-3, 7-5; Vinod Sewa (WB) bt Amarjyoti Deka (Assam) 6-1, 6-2; Farid Alam (WB) bt Arun Sikarwar (Mah) 6-0, 6-0; Prosonjit Paul -Jha bt Biplab Das (WB) 7-6(4), 7-7; Chandrashekhar Mohanty (Assam) bt Samresh Singh (UP) 6-1, 6-0; Saurabh Raghuvanshi (UP) bt Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) 2-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 and Nagendra Rai (UP)bt Vishva Ranjan Raut (Orissa) 6-1, 6-1.
Photo caption: Former Tripura Governor DN Sahay releasing balloons to inaugurate P&M Mall All-India Ranking tennis tournament in Patna on May 3, 2010.
Bottom: Bihar Lawn Tennis Association coach Kunail Aikat being felicitated by former Tripura Governor DN Sahay in Patna on May 3, 2010.
Photo: BLTA
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