GUWAHATI, Dec 9 - Davis Cupper and India�s No.1 singles player Ramkumar Ramanathan of IOCL upset his team mate, Grand Slam title holder Rohan Bopanna in the men�s quarterfinal of the ongoing 37th PSPB Inter Unit Tennis Tournament.
At the All Assam Tennis Association complex here today, Ramkumar defeated Bopanna 8-2. Now Ramkumar will play against rising star and Davis Cup player Sumit Nagal also from IOCL in the summit clash. In the semifinals today Ramkumar defeated Divij Sharan of IOCL 6-4, 6-4 while Sumit Nagal (IOCL) downed Vishnu Vardhan (ONGC) 6-3, 6-1.
The men�s singles final will start at 9 am on Sunday and it will be followed by other finals.
Today�s results: (Men�s singles, Q/F) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IOCL) bt Rohan Bopanna (IOCL) 8 -2, Divij Sharan (IOCL) bt V M Ranjeet (ONGC) 4-1 (Conceded), Vishnu Vardhan (ONGC) bt Dhruv Sunish (IOCL) 8-3, Sumit Nagal (IOCL) bt Anirudh Chandrasekhar (ONGC) 8-3. (Men�s singles, S/F) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IOCL) bt Divij Sharan (IOCL) 6-4, 6-4, Sumit Nagal (IOCL) bt Vishnu Vardhan (ONGC) 6-3, 6-1. (Men�s doubles, Q/F) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IOCL)/Divij Sharan (IOCL) bt Jitendra Sharma (GAIL)/Siva Shanthanu (GAIL) 8-1, C S Mohanty (OIL A)/Anshuman Dutta (OIL A) bt Pranta P Sinha (NRL)/ Sobhon Konwar (NRL) 8-1, Sumit Nagal (IOCL)/Dhruv Sunish (IOCL) bt Vivek Brahma (OIL A)/Manash Mahanta (OIL A) 8-2, Vishnu Vardhan (ONGC)/V M Ranjeet (ONGC) bt Anup Toppo (HPCL)/Sukhiwander Singh (HPCL) 8-4. (Men�s doubles, S/F) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IOCL)/Divij Sharan (IOCL) bt C S Mohanty (OIL A)/Anshuman Dutta (OIL A) 8-3, Vishnu Vardhan (ONGC)/V M Ranjeet (ONGC) bt Sumit Nagal (IOCL)/Dhruv Sunish (IOCL) 8-2. (Men�s doubles, final) Ramkumar Ramanathan (IOCL)/Divij Sharan (IOCL) bt Vishnu Vardhan (ONGC)/V M Ranjeet (ONGC) 6-4, 7-5. (Veteran singles, Q/F) Hakim Ali (OIL) bt S Venketesh (IOCL) 8-3, Rakesh Sharma (GAIL) bt Subhash Rajora (IOCL) 8-6, Bhushan Akut (BPCL) bt Asim Bharali (OIL) 8-4, Ratul Borah (HPCL) bt Anil Kr Das (OIL) 8-2. (Veteran�s singles, S/F) Bhushan Akut (BPCL) bt Ratul Borah (HPCL) 8-2. (Veteran�s doubled, Q/F) Hakim Ali (OIL)/ Jayanta Kr Malakar (OIL) bt Ratul Borah (HPCL)/ K Thirumurugan (HPCL) 8-4, Pratul Saikia (NRL)/Jayanta Dutta (NRL) bt Rakesh Sharma (GAIL)/Anand Makwand (GAIL) 8-6, Santosh Kumar (ONGC)/Sanjeev Kumar (ONGC) bt Arpan Ghosh (BPCL)/Bhushan Akut (BPCL) 8-3, H M Bangari (ONGC)/ Debajyoti Borpujari (ONGC) bt Asim Bharali (OIL)/Anil Kr Das (OIL) 8-0. (Veteram�s doubles, S/F) Hakim Ali (OIL)/Jayanta Kr Malakar (OIL) bt Pratul Saikia (NRL)/Jayanta Dutta (NRL) 8-2, Santosh Kumar (ONGC)/Sanjeev Kumar (ONGC) bt H M Bangari (ONGC)/Debajyoti Borpujari (ONGC) 8-3.
Caption
Kailash Sarma has been elected as vice president of the Indian Powerlifting Federation in the federation�s general meeting
held on December 3 at Alleppy, Kerala.
