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Top seed Vaishnavi, Prajwal make winning starts in 30th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship

New Delhi, Sep 29 (UNI) Top seed Vaishnavi Adkar and Karnataka’s SD Prajwal Dev made winning starts in their respective categories on the opening day of the 30th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship at the DLTA Complex in here today.

Playing in the women’s singles category, Maharashtra’s Vaishnavi dominated her first-round match from the get-go and registered a comfortable 6-2, 6-4 victory over Mirudhula Palanivel of Tamil Nadu to move into the next round of the tournament. Meanwhile, second seed Prajwal defeated Delhi’s Sarthak Suden 6-2, 6-1 in the first round of the men’s singles category.
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