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NT Bureau
Chennai, Jan 9:

        Defending champion Osmania defeated Anna 3-0 in the final of the South-West Zone inter-university tennis tournament, organised by Madras University, at Loyola College here yesterday. P C Vignesh gave Osmania the lead with a 6-1, 6-1 win over R Vasudevan, while Vishnu Vardhan, ranked number seven in India, overcame S Abhinav 6-1, 6-2. In the doubles. Vasudevan and Abhinav stretched Vishnu Vardhan and Vignesh before going down 7-6, 3-6, 6-4.

        K Vaidyanathan, Dean (Education) and Head, Department of Physical Education, Annamalai University, gave away the prizes.

        The All India inter-university tournament to be played on a knock-out basis and consisting of four semifinalists from South-West Zone and four other teams (Delhi, Punjab, Kolkata and Ahmedabad) will be held from 10 to 12 January.

        Results (final): Osmania bt Anna 3-0 (P C Vignesh bt R Vasudevan 6-1, 6-1; J Vishnu Vardhan bt S Abhinav 6-1, 6-2; Vignesh-Vishnu Vardhan bt Vasudevan-Abhinav 7-6, 3-6, 6-4.

        Third place: Madras bt University of Bangalore 3-1 (Vikram Aditya Menon bt B Suraj 6-2, 6-1; M Fariz bt Yash Bafna 6-2, 6-3; Vijay Sunder Prashanth-Vikram Aditya Menon gave a walkover to Suraj/Yash Bafna; Fariz bt Suraj 6-3, 6-2).