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OCE Open: Ramkumar wins; Gunneswaran goes down fighting

Chandigarh, Sept 19 (UNI) Sixth seed Ramkumar Ramanathan of India defeated Maximilian Neuchrist of Austria in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the 150,000 dollar Kaohsiung OCE Open in Chinese Taipei. The match lasted just one hour and two minutes in which Ramkumar unleashed six aces and committed four double faults. Maximilian fired three aces and committed same number of double faults. He saved five out of eight break points, while Ramkumar saved two break points out of two.
However, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, eighth seeded Indian in the tournament, went down fighting to Jurij Rodionov of Austrian. In the three-set 105-minute contest, Rodionov won 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Gunneswaran won 36 per cent (4/11) break points while his rival won 46 per cent break points (6/13).
In doubles, Second seeded Indian pair of N Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan disposed of the challenge of Yuichi Sugita of Japan and Chu-Huan Yi of Taipei in the straight sets 6-1, 7-5 in 64 minutes in the first round of the men's doubles.

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CHALAKUDY, APR 20 (UNI):- Congress supporters listening their party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at an election rally in support of party candidate for Lok Sabha election-2024 at Chalakudy in Thrissur district of Kerala on Saturday.UNI PHOTO-32u

CHALAKUDY, APR 20 (UNI):- Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressing an election rally in support of party candidate for Lok Sabha election-2024 at Chalakudy in Thrissur district of Kerala on Saturday.UNI PHOTO-31U

CHALAKUDY, APR 20 (UNI):- Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra waving supporters at an election rally in support of party candidate for Lok Sabha election-2024 at Chalakudy in Thrissur district of Kerala on Saturday.UNI PHOTO-30u

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Dosuri Ananya, who secured the third rank in the All India Civil Service Examination, met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-29U

JAMMU, APR 20 (UNI):- Security forces recovered arms and ammunition from a terrorist hideout in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-28U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Telangana BJP State President G Kishan Reddy, during an election campaign at Musheerabad, in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-27U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Telangana BJP State President G Kishan Reddy, during an election campaign at Musheerabad, in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-26U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Telangana BJP State President G Kishan Reddy, during an election campaign at Musheerabad, in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-25U

HYDERABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister of Tourism, Culture and Telangana BJP State President G Kishan Reddy, during an election campaign at Musheerabad, in Hyderabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-24U

GUWAHATI, APR 20 (UNI):- BJP Assam president Bhabesh Kalita releasing Assamese version of Modi guarantees at BJP office, in Guwahati on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-23U

GUWAHATI, APR 20 (UNI):- Assam BJP President Bhabesh Kalita addressing a press conference, at BJP office, in Guwahati on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-22U

GUWAHATI, APR 20 (UNI):- Assam BJP President Bhabesh Kalita addressing a press conference, at BJP office, in Guwahati on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-21U

AHMEDABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nitmala Sitharaman interacting with the audience at ‘Samvad on Viksit Bharat’ programme organised by GCCI, in Ahmedabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-20U

AHMEDABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nitmala Sitharaman addressing the ‘Samvad on Viksit Bharat’ programme organised by GCCI, in Ahmedabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-19U

AHMEDABAD, APR 20 (UNI):- Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nitmala Sitharaman addressing the ‘Samvad on Viksit Bharat’ programme organised by GCCI, in Ahmedabad on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-18U

PATNA, APR 20 (UNI):- People participating in the "Fit to Move, Fit to Vote" marathon to raise awareness among the citizens about the importance of voting in the Lok Sabha election, in Patna on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-9U

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BELAGAVI, APR 20 (UNI):- Members of Sri Ram Sena Hindustan (SRSH) staged a protest against Hubballi College Girl student Murder case and urged stringent action to the accused, in Belagavi on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-16U

SURAT, APR 20 (UNI):- Vajubhai Parekh supplying cold drinks to people attending the Rama Katha at Lanka Vijay Hanuman Temple, in Surat on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-15U

SURAT, APR 20 (UNI):- Vajubhai Parekh supplying cold drinks to people attending the Rama Katha at Lanka Vijay Hanuman Temple, in Surat on Saturday. UNI PHOTO-14U