Chennai, Jan 20 (PTI): Qualifier Vasish upset seeded player Neeraj Elangovan 6-3, 6-3 in the men's singles first round of the P V Vishwanath Memorial AITA ranking tennis tournament at MPTA @ KTC here on Monday.

Results (1st round): Men's singles: Manish G beat Oges Theyjo 6-4, 6-4; Lohith Aksha beat Naesar Jewoor 5-7, 6-1, 6- 3; BR Nikshep 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Vasisht Cheruku beat Neeraj Elangovan 6-3, 6-3; Siddharth Arya beat Krishna Teja Raja 7-6 (3), 7-6(6); Arjun Mahadevan beat Siddharth Reddy 0-0 conceded.

Abrar Karim beat Amrit J Mohanty 6-2, 6-2; Siddharth N beat Arjun U 6-1,6-1; Deepak Senthil Kumar beat Ihsan Mahmood hussain 6-1,6-1; Kavin Msilamani beat Sivadeep Kosaraju 6-3, 6-2; Bharath Nishop Kumaran beat Aaron Paul Samson 6-1, 6-2; Irfan Hussain beat C Ashwin 6-1,6-3; Mohit beat Tathagat 6-4, 6-2.

Women's singles: Kanika Sivaraman beat Likhitha Landa 6- 1, 6-1; Swetha Puyalraj beat Anuradha 6-4, 6-2; Yashashwini Pawar beat Ananya Yadav 6-2,6-3; Nithyaraj Baburaj beat Aparna Kondaveti 6-3, 6-0.

Joel Nichole beat Phavan Ragu 6-0, 6-0; Anushka Kondavei bt Harini Parthipan 6-1, 6-3; Krishna Chimminiya beat Priyadharshini 6-1,6-1; Bhargavi Olekar beat Gayatri Balaji 6 -0, 6-0; Sai Avantika beat Viveka Sivaraman 6-0, 6-1; Anjani M beat Gayathri Menon Rajesh 6-0, 6-0; Arthi Muniyan beat Sharon William 6-0,6-1; Ramya N beat Charanya Sreekrishnan 6-0, 6-0.

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