Legends tennis: 16 players advance to the main draw

Top 16 players--two players from each group--qualified for the main draw of the Investec Elite Legends Championship to be held at the MCA tennis Courts in Bandra Kurla Complex.

The matches were played in round robin format with top two players with maximum points qualifying for the main draw.

In Group F,Ajeeth dominated the proceedings winning all 3 ties.

Ajeeth took down Shiv winning the first game by a narrow 7-6, 5-7, 7-1 margin.

He faced another tough opponent in Subhash who but managed to hold him beating him 7-6, 7-6, 7-4.

Ajeeth took down his final opponent Uttam with an identical scoreline of 7-5, 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the singles main draw.

Meanwhile, Subhash who beat Shiv and Uttam convincingly fell prey to Ajeeth but managed to qualify for the main draw, a media release issued here said.

In the Group A tie, Vinayak dominated the proceedings winning all his ties scoring 59 points defeating Gordon L and Rituraj in straight games.

Mohan in spite of losingtwo of ..