Hitesh yalamanchili

Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship: Top seed Dheeraj K S began the 29th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship with a straight sets victory over Hitesh Yalamanchili in the first round of the qualifiers, while Sandesh Kurale produced an upset against 12th seed Fardeen Mohammed at the DLTA Complex here on Saturday.

Tamil Nadu's Dheeraj stamped his authority in the men's singles match from the beginning and registered a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Hitesh of Telangana to move closer to qualifying for the main draw.

In another exciting first-round clash of the qualifiers, ranked 101 Maharashtra's Sandesh upset 12th seed Fardeen of West Bengal 6-0, 6-0 in straight sets.