Easy wins for fancied teams

Gurgaon, May 1 (UNI) Delhi, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat opened their campaign with easy victories over their rivals while Karnataka survived a scare before emerging winner on the opening day of the Inter State Tennis Tournament here today.

In boys (18 yrs) Delhi, spearheaded by Rubal Shandilya, blanked Orissa and Chandigarh by identical 2-0 margins. Gujarat also recorded 2-0 victories over Rajasthan and Uttaranchal.

Karnataka survived a scare from Chandigarh before emerging winner (2-1). Tamil Nadu thrashed Madhya Pradesh and Punjab accounted for Uttar Pradesh 2-0.

Results (Boys- 18): Delhi beat Orissa 2-0 Rubal Shandilya bt Surti Behera 6-0; 6-0,Rahul Belwal bt Chinmay Pradhan 6-1; 6-0; Delhi beat Chandigarh 2-0 Rubal Shandilya bt Deepinder 7-5; 6-2; Rahul Belwal bt Shaolin 0-6; 6-0; 6-1; Karnataka beat Chandigarh 2-1 Preetam bt Deepinder 6-3; 0-6; 6-1; Sujith Sachidanand lost Ashwini 2-6; 2-6; Doubles Preetam/ Mesheer bt Deepinder/ Ashwini 6-3; 4-6; 7-5; Madhya Pradesh beat Haryana 2-1 Kashav lost Mandeep 2-6; 6-2; 2-6, Suryashwardhan bt Sanchit Balhara 6-2; 6-1; Doubles Suryashwardhan/ Madhav bt Mandeep Yadav/ Vikas Chouhan 6-3; 4-6; 6-2; Gujarat beat Rajasthan 2-0 Vishesh bt Moshin Khan 6-0; 6-1, Allan bt Harsh Mundra 6-3; 6-0; Gujarat beat Uttaranchal 2-0 Rohan bt Abhimannu 6-3; 6-1,Allan bt Rituraj (Utt) 6-0; 6-0; Bengal beat Uttar Pradesh 2-0 Baibhav Das bt S.Rawat 6-7(6); 6-2; 6-1; Arcoprovo bt Aaditya Naraine3-6; 6-4; 6-2; Maharashta beat Uttarnachal 2-0 Chastapha bt Karamnesh 6-1; 6-0; Akash Gujrati (Mah) bt Shantanu Garg 6-0; 6-0; Punjab beat Uttar Pradesh 2-0 Ujjawal Khanna bt Aaditya Naraine 6-4; 2-6; 7-6(6) Manav Dhawan bt Ashwani Prakash 6-2; 7-6(5); Tamilnadu beat Madhya Pradesh 2-0 G.Priyank, bt Yash 6-2; 2-6; 6-0;G. Prajnesh bt Suryashwardhan 6-2; 6-2; GIRLS- 18: Delhi beat Haryana 2-0 Neha Rana bt Abhilasa 6-3; 6-3; Vishakha bt Ratnika 7-5(8); 6-4; Uttaranchal bt Uttar Pradesh 2-1 Megha bt Richa Sirohi 5-7; 6-4; 6-1;Amanat lost Avantika Prakash 6-7(5); 1-6; Doubles Megha / Amanat (Utt) bt Richa Sirohi/ Avantika Prakash 7-5; 6-3;UNI UNI HSB PG GC2010