Final Results

Besant Nagar Club retains SANMAR-TNTA City League Championship Title

The Zone ‘A’ final of the SANMAR-TNTA City League Championship witnessed some quality tennis with host Besant Nagar ‘A’ prevailing 2-1 over Gandhi Nagar ‘A’ to retain the title. 

In the first tie, former National hard-court Champion Vijay Kannan, along with Preeti Rao of Gandhi Nagar, struggled initially before racing past Harish Upendra and S. Ganesh 7-6 (4), 6-1.

Vijay was easily the difference between the two teams.  Serving well and making some fine approach volleys, he directed the proceedings.

Minutes later on the adjacent courts, the senior duo Meenakshi Sundaram and T. Chandrasekar went down to the younger pair, Rishi Sridhar and Vikram Aditya Menon 3-6, 4-6.

With a 1-1 match level, V.M. Ranjit and Krishna Kumar, Captain of Besant Nagar Club clinched the issue with a facile 6-0, 6-2 win over Kannan Adityan and K.P. Balakumar.

The prestigious K.S. Narayanan Rolling Trophy for the Winners of the “A” Zone of the SANMAR-TNTA League was presented by Mr. N. Kumar, Vice-Chair, SANMAR Group immediately after the tie was over.

Besant Nagar ‘A’

Bt
Gandhi Nagar ‘A’

2-1

Rishi Sridhar/Vikram Aditya Menon

bt

Chandrasekaran/Meenakshi

6-3, 6-4
S. Ganesh/Harish Upendran lost to Sundaram 6-7, (5) 1-6
Krishna Kumar/V M Ranjit bt

Vijay Kannan/Preeti Rao

Kannan Adityan/Balakumar

 6-0, 6-2

Veteran’s Finals

Madras Gymkhan Club regains title

After a year’s break, Madras Gymkhana Club regained the SANMAR-TNTA Veterans League Title beating Madras Cricket Club ‘A’ by the odd match in 3 in the final played at the Madras Gymkhana Club Courts.

Madras Gymkhana Club started well when Anand Mohan and Selvam defeated S. Deepak and M N Radhakrishnan, 6-1, 6-2.  Madras Cricket Club leveled when R S Rajasekhar and Hiten Joshi posted a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 win against Sukesh Menon and Verghese Kuruvilla. 

In the deciding match, N. Kumar and Mukund Subramaniam of MCC got off to a rousing start winning the first set 6-0 and leading 2-0 in the second set.  At this point, A G Krishnan and Mukund Padmanabhan of Madras Gymkhana Club played some gritty and inspired tennis to win the second set 6-3.  In the final set the Madras Gymkhana pair continued to maintain the lead at 4-1.  The MCC pair came back to win the next 2 games and had a point to level at 4-4, but A G Krishnan playing determinedly along with Mukund Padmanabhan held on to his serve to lead 5-3.  They then won the set 6-3.

Madras Gymkhana Club

Bt

Madras Cricket Club A

2-1

Anand Mohan/Selvam

bt

S. Deepak/M N Radhakrishnan

6-1, 6-2
Sukesh Menon/V Kuruvilla lost to  R S Rajasekhan/Hiten Joshi 2-6, 3-6
A G Krishnan/Mukund Padmanabhan bt N Kumar/Mukund Subramaniam 0-6, 6-3, 6-3

 

"A" ZONE

NAME

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Ties/Matches

Final Position

1

I'NAGAR 'A'

X

3-0

0-3

0-3

1-2

2-1

1-2

2-4 (7-11)

V

2

NTC 'A'

0-3

X

1-2

0-3

0-3

2-1

1-2

1-5 (4-14)

VII

3

B'BAGAR 'A'

3-0

2-1

X

2-1

3-0

1-2

2-1

5-1 (13-5)

I

4

G'NAGAR 'A'

3-0

3-0

1-2

X

2-1

2-1

2-1

5-1(13-5)

II

5

B'NAGAR 'B'

2-1

3-0

0-3

1-2

X

2-1

1-2

3-3 (9-9)

IV

6

ETC 'A'

1-2

1-2

2-1

1-2

1-2

X

1-2

1-5 (7-11)

VI

7

MCC 'A'

2-1

2-1

1-2

1-2

2-1

2-1

X

4-2 (10-8)

III

 

Besant Nagar ‘A’

Beat

Gandhi Nagar ‘A’

2-1

 

"B" ZONE

NAME

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Ties/Matches

Final Position

1

I'NAGAR 'B'

X

1-2

1-2

0-3

1-2

1-2

0-3

0-6 (4-14)

VII

2

GYM 'A'

2-1

X

1-2

1-2

1-2

2-1

1-2

2-4 (8-10)

VI

3

YMCA KIL 'A'

2-1

2-1

X

2-1

1-2

1-2

2-1

4-2 (10-8)

III

4

TNGC 'A'

3-0

2-1

1-2

X

2-1

2-1

1-2

4-2 (11-7)

II

5

MCC 'B'

2-1

2-1

2-1

1-2

X

1-2

1-2

3-3 (9-9)

V

6

MADRAS C 'A'

2-1

1-2

2-1

1-2

2-1

X

1-2

3-3 (9-9)

IV

7

PRESI 'A'

3-0

2-1

1-2

2-1

2-1

2-1

X

5-1 (12-6)

I

 

T. Nagar Gents Club ‘A’

beat

Presidency ‘A’

2-1

 

"C" ZONE

NAME

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Ties/Matches

Final Position

1

GYM 'B'

X

3-0

0-3

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-5 (7-11)

V

2

RANSA 'A'

0-3

X

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

3-0

1-5 (7-11)

VI

3

MUME 'A'

3-0

2-1

X

3-0

2-0

3-0

3-0

6-0 (16-1)

I

4

YMCA NAN 'A'

2-1

2-1

0-3

X

2-1

1-2

2-1

4-2 (9-9)

III

5

MYL 'A'

2-1

2-1

0-2

1-2

X

1-2

3-0

3-3 (9-8)

IV

6

COSMO 'A'

2-1

2-1

0-3

2-1

2-1

X

2-1

5-1 (10-8)

II

7

MCC 'M'

2-1

0-3

0-3

1-2

0-3

1-2

X

1-5 (4-14)

VII

 

MUME ‘A’

Beat

Cosmopolitan Club ‘A’

3-0

"D" ZONE

NAME

1

2

3

4

5

6

Ties/Matches

Final Position

1

G'NAGAR 'C'

X

1-2

1-2

1-2

1-2

0-3

0-5 (4-11)

VI

2

A'NAGAR

2-1

X

0-3

1-2

2-1

0-3

2-3 (5-10)

V

3

G'NAGAR 'B'

2-1

3-0

X

1-2

1-2

2-1

3-2 (9-6)

II

4

B'NAGAR 'C'

2-1

2-1

2-1

X

3-0

3-0

5-0 (12-3)

I

5

COSMO 'B'

2-1

1-2

2-1

0-3

X

1-2

2-3 (6-9)

IV

6

MADRAS C 'B'

3-0

3-0

1-2

0-3

2-1

X

3-2 (9-6)

III

 

 

Gandhi Nagar ‘B’

beat

Besant Nagar ‘C’

2-1

 

"E" ZONE

NAME

1

2

3

4

5

Ties/Matches

Final Position

1

IIT (F)

1

0-3

1-2

2-1

0-3

1-3 (3-9)

V

2

IIT (S)

3-0

X

1-2

2-1

0-3

2-2 (6-6)

III

3

NTC 'B'

2-1

2-1

X

2-1

3-0

4-0 (9-3)

I

4

M'PAKKAM

1-2

1-2

1-2

X

3-0

1-3 (6-6)

IV

5

RANSA 'B'

3-0

3-0

0-3

0-3

X

2-2 (6-6)

II

 

Nungambakkam Tennis Club ‘B’

Beat

Ransa Sports Club ‘B’

3-0

 

"F" ZONE

NAME

1

2

3

4

5

6

Ties/Matches

Final Position

1

TTC

X

2-1

0-3

1-2

1-2

0-3

1-4 (4-11)

VI

2

DOC

1-2

X

3-0

2-1

2-1

1-2

3-2 (9-6)

II

3

MUME 'B'

3-0

0-3

X

2-1

2-1

0-3

3-2 (7-8)

III

4

PRESI 'B'

2-1

1-2

1-2

X

0-3

0-3

1-4 (4-11)

V

5

YMCA NAN 'B'

2-1

1-2

1-2

3-0

X

1-2

2-3 (8-7)

IV

6

TNSC

3-0

2-1

3-0

3-0

2-1

X

5-0 (13-2)

I

 

Defence Officers’ Club

Beat

T. Nagar Social Club

2-1

 

"G" ZONE

NAME

1

2

3

4

5

Ties/Matches

Final Position

1

MUME 'C'

X

0-3

0-3

3-0

1-2

1-4 (4-8)

IV

2

YMCA KIL 'B'

3-0

X

1-2

3-0

3-0

3-1 (10-2)

II

3

CIT

3-0

2-1

X

2-1

2-1

4-0 (9-3)

I

4

NTC 'C'

0-3

0-3

1-2

X

0-3

0-4 (1-11)

V

5

RANSA ''C'

2-1

0-3

1-2

3-0

X

2-2 (6-6)

III

 

CIT Club

Beat

YMCA Kilpauk ‘B’

2-1