GUWAHATI, Feb 27 - The seeded players moved ahead in the main draw of the USD 15,000 ITF Men�s Futures Tennis Tournament which began at the All Assam Tennis Association Complex, Chachal, here today.
Earlier, in a glittering opening ceremony, Subhash Chandra Das, the life president and adviser of the All Assam Tennis Association (AATA) declared the meet open in presence of a good gathering of tennis enthusiasts. In the opening ceremony Simanta Thakuria Commissioner and Secretary Finance and Pabitra Ram Khound, Director Sports and Youth Welfare were also present with other guests. Raktim Saikia in his presidential speech spelled out AATA�s future plans for the development of tennis in Assam. AATA Secretary Ankush Dutta informed that all together twelve foreign players are participating in this tournament along with top ranked Indian players led by Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan. AATA treasurer Swapnil Borthakur offered the vote of thanks.
Today�s results: (Singles 1st rd) Aryan Goveas (IND) bt Faisal Qamar (IND) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, Kurunuday Singh (IND) bt P Bajwa (IND) 6-3, 6-4, 8th seed Sanam Singh (IND) bt Jui Chen Hung (TPE) 6-4, 6-1, 6th seed Sidharth Rawat (IND) bt Haadin Bava (IND) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, Timur Khabibulin (KAZ) bt Murugesan Virali (IND) 6-4, 6-3, Dalwindar Sing (IND) bt Vijayant Malik (IND) 6-4, 6-3, 3rd seed S Mukund (IND) bt M Sheikh (IND) 6-0, 6-3. (Doubles 1st rd) Mateusz Terczynski (POL) /Jose Fco Vidal Azorin (ESP) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 6-3, 3-6, (10 -5), Alexander Cetnenari (USA)/Sami Reinwein (GER) bt Aryan Goveas (IND)/ Jayesh Pungliya (IND) 6-4, 7-5, N Prashanth (IND)/ Sanam Singh (IND) bt Vasisht Cheruku (IND)/S D Prajwal Dev (IND) 6-2, 6-4.