Easy outing for Peddi Reddy

Hyderabad: Top seeded Peddi Reddy from Andhra Pradesh defeated unseeded Srinivasan Preethi from Tamil Nadu in the women’s singles category first round match with ease in the All India Ranking Tennis Tournament at Secunderabad Club here on Monday. In other matches, Rama Neharika downed Safiq Soha from Karnataka 6-0, 6-2 while Iska Akshara downed Janagam Sindhu by 6-2, 6-0 to advance into next round.

Women’s Singles First Round: Peddi Reddy (AP) (1) bt Srinivasan Preethi (TN) 6-2, 6-1;
Rama Neharika (AP) bt Sadiq Soha (KA) 6-0, 6-2;
Iska Akshara (AP) bt Janagam Sindhu (AP) 6-2, 6-0;
Padamata Sneha (AP) Shristi Slaria (PB) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5;
Teertha Iska (AP) bt Mukherjee A (WB) (3) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5;
Reddy B Sai Saran (AP) bt Selvaraj Prashant (TN) 6-4, 6-4;
Chandrashekar V (KA) bt Ram B Moulika (AP) 7-6, 2-6, 6-4;
Dangwal V (DL) (2) bt Balasubramanian K (TN) 6-3, 6-1;
Men’s Singles: SD Prajwal Dev (KA) bt Sood Lakshit (UP) (8) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4;
Sood Chandril (UP) (7) bt Bendalam Vaishnav (AP) 6-0, 6-2;
Prabodh Suraj R (KA) bt Sachdeva Ankit (DL) 6-3, 6-4;
Kirrtane N (MH) (6) bt Pavan Surya (AP) 6-4, 6-4;
Soni Jay (GJ) bt Sharma Arpit (RJ) 6-4, 7-5;
Bhatia Rohan (MH) bt Murugesan R (TN) (2) 4-6, retired.
Madan Sanya (UP) bt Chikkla Nikitha Sai (AP) 7-6, 6-4;