Mohammed, Aghara enter main draw

Tamil Nadu's Fahad Mohammed and Gujarat's Maulin Aghara scored contrasting wins in the singles final qualifying round matches of the J S Pereira Memorial AITA Ranking Men's Tennis Tournament on Monday.

Mohammed, seeded no 1 in the qualification rounds, was in complete control against Maharashtras unseeded Jaganmaya Panigrahi.

He coasted to a quick 6-4 6-0 victory and booked a place in the main draw, which commences on Tuesday.

Fourth-seeded Aghara faced a bit of struggle against unfancied Antariksh Mohandas of Maharashtra and was taken the distance before winning a tight third set tie-breaker to come through the qualifiers.

The Gujarat player prevailed at 6-4 3-6 7-6(2).

Arthav Neema of Madhya Pradesh, Munshaw Vaidik of Guajarat and Suraj H of Kerala, also easily won the final round matches and booked their berths in the main draw.

Results:Men's singles (final qualifying round):Fahad Mohammed (TN) bt Jaganmaya Panigrahi (MH) 6-4, 6-0; Arthav Neema (MP) bt Mohit Bharadwaj .