Dhakshineshwar Suresh advances

Top-seed Dhakshineshwar Suresh posted an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over Ihsan Hussain Mohammed in the first round of the Sri Aravindar & Co AITA men's ranking tournamentat MPTA@KTC -OMR here on Wednesday.

Suresh had no problems in beating his rival as he held serve comfortably and hit powerful shots to finish the match in a little over an hour.

Results: Singles (1st round): Dhakshineswar Suresh beat Ihsan Husain Mohammed 6-1, 6-2;Krithik M. S beat Arjun U 6-4, 6-1;
Kaivalya Vamanrao Kalamse beat Kiran Arunachala 6-1, 6-2; Gokul Suresh beat Vikram Dhananjay 6-1, 6-2; Faisal Qamar beat Theyjo Oges 5-7, 6-0, 6-2;
Rohit V beat Abraar Karim Syed Aarif 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Rudra Kapoor beat Ribhav Ravikiran 6-2, 6-3; Fahad Mohammed beat Aron Paul Samson 6-0, 6-1;
Ominder Baisoya beat Ashwin C 6-4, 6-1; Siddharth Arya beat Ankit Chopra 7-6(4), 6-3; Deeraj K beat Rishi Rudraksha 7-5, 6-2; Armaan Bhatia beat Shahbaaz Khaan 7-5, 6-1;