16 players advance to the main draw; Ajeeth and Vinayak dominate

Mumbai: Top 16 players i.e 2 players from each group qualified for the main draw of the Investec Elite Legends Championship, organised by SportX Elites to be held at the MCA Courts in  BKC, Bandra. The matches were played in round robin format with top 2 players with maximum points qualifying for the main draw. 

In Group F,  Ajeeth dominated the proceedings winning all 3 ties. Ajeeth took down Shiv winning the first game by a narrow 7-6, 5-7, 7-1 margin. He faced another tough opponent in Subhash who but managed to hold him beating him 7-6, 7-6, 7-4. Ajeeth took down his final opponent Uttam with an identical scoreline of 7-5, 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the singles main draw. Meanwhile, Subhash who beat Shiv and Uttam convincingly fell prey to Ajeeth but managed to qualify for the main draw. 

In the Group A tie, Vinayak dominated the proceedings winning all his ties scoring 59 points defeating Gordon L and Rituraj in straight games. Mohan in spite of losing  2 of his 3 matches managed to make the main draw as he lost all his matches by a close margin taking his score tally to 57 points after 3 matches and  finishing 2 points behind the group leader Vinayak

Results 

Group A: Vinayak G - 59 points and Mohan C - 57 Points

Vinayak G bt Mohan C 7-6, 7-6, 6-7; Vinayak G bt Gordan L 7-5,7-0,7-0; Vinayak G bt Rituraj V 7-2, 7-3, 4-7; Mohan C bt Gordan L 7-5, 7-2, 7-5; Mohan C lost to Rituraj V 6-7, 5-7, 6-7; Gordon L lost to Rituraj V 6-7,6-7,6-7 

Group B: Vijay D - 45 Points and Sandesh D - 45 Points

Vipul V lost to Vijay D 5-7, 0-7, 3-7; Vipul V bt Sandesh D 5-7, 7-6, 7- (-1); Vipul V bt Sanjay K 7-6, 7-0, 2-7; Vijay D bt Sandesh D 7-4, 7-4, 1-7; Vijay D bt Sanjay K 7-6, 7-5, 7-3; Sandesh D bt Sanjay K 7-6,4-7, 7-3

Group C: Sandeep K - 57 points and Pravin K 51 points

Sandeep K bt Pravin K 7-4, 7-2, 6-7; Sandeep K bt Mathew J 7-3, 7-5, 7-3; Sandeep K bt Ricky M 7-3, 7-4, 2-7; Pravin K lost to Mathew J 7-3, 3-6, 3-7; Ravin K bt Ricky M 7-1, 7-4, 7-3; Mathew J bt Ricky M 7-2, 7-6, 7-2

Group F: Ajeeth - 61, Subhash- 50 

Ajeeth bt Shiv 7-6, 5-7, 7-1; Ajeeth bt Subhash 7-6, 7-6, 7-4; Subhash bt Shiv 4-7, 7-3,7-0; Ajeeth bt Uttam 7-5,7-5,7-5; Uttam bt Shiv 7-5, 7-5, 7-5; Shubash bt Uttam 4-7, 7-2, 7-2

Group G: Ramesh I - 57, Lakhpa S - 53

Lakhpa S bt Pramod U 7-2, 4-7, 7-3; Ramesh I bt  Lakhpa S 1-7, 7-5, 7-2; Lakhpa S bt Saurav M 7-3, 7-0, 7-0; Ramesh I bt Saurav V 7-2, 7-3, 7-3

Group H : Nilesh S - 61, Shiv M- 56

Nilesh S bt Vipul V 7-2, 7-1, 7-1; Vipul V bt Rajesh S 7-1, 7-0,7-0; Nilesh S bt Rajesh S 7-3, 7-1, 7-1; Shiv M bt Vipul V 7-4, 7-6, 7-5; Shiv M bt Rajesh S 7-3, 7-1, 7-1