Top seed Ishaque Eqbal of West Bengal and second seed Paramveer Singh Bajwa of Punjab will be strong contenders to claim the top honours in the J.S. Pereira Memorial AITA Ranking Rs 2 lakhs Men’s Tennis Tournament, organized and hosted by the Bandra Gymkhana and to be played at their floodlit tennis courts from Monday, November 5 to 10, 2018.
Twenty-four players have been directly seeded in the main draw and they will be joined by eight qualifiers to complete the 32-player draw.
The prize-money at stake for the winner is Rs 26,000 and 30 AITA points while the runner-up will receive a prize of Rs 18,000 and 22 points.
Results – Qualifying (2nd round): Praneet Kudale (MH) bt Rohan Gajree (HR) 9-4; Samson Aron Paul (AP) bt Sahil Goyal (MH) 9-4; Aayush Bhandari (TS) bt Siddhant Kumar (MH) 9-1; Hitesh Sharma (MH) bt Suyash Sharma (MP) 7-4(retd); Shastri Shimon (MH) bt Raau Parkar (MH) 9-1; Kamlesh Garasiya (RJ) bt Chandhok Singh (MH) 9-4; Gunjan Jadhav (MH) bt Ajay Patil (MH) 9-4; Suraj H (KL) bt Punit Dhoke (MH) 9-2; Tanmay Praveen (MH) bt 9-8(4); Rishabh Kalokhe (MH) bt Ribhav R. (KA) 9-7.