The main draw of the week-long event will begin on Monday.

The main draw of the week-long event will begin on Monday.

The main draw of the week-long event will begin on Monday.

Kerala's Sabarinath V S and Karan Thapa were among the winners of qualifying matches of the National Ranking Tennis Tournament for the Naushad Mather Memorial Trophy in Kochi on Saturday.

Sabarinath defeated Shrikanth C Menon 6-0, 6-2, while Thapa got the better of Shrinath C Menon 6-1, 6-1. The main draw will begin on Monday.

The eight-day event, jointly organised by the Ernakulam District Tennis Association and the Kerala Tennis Association, is held across three venues in Kochi.

Results (qualifying rounds): Tanmay Praveen bt Rithik Raja Saravanan 6/1, 6/2; Murillo Golubeves bt Abel Joe Manoj 6/4, 6/4; Karan Thapa bt Shrinath C Menon 6/1,6/1; Neyanth Melavidayal bt Tejas R 6/1,6/4; Tharun Vikram bt Balasurya GP 4/6, 6/4, 10/4; Sabarinath V S bt Shrikanth C Menon 6/0, 6/2; Lakshman Chugh bt Robin Cherian 6/0, 6/0; Suraj H bt Samuel Jones 3/6, 6/1, 11/9; Nthinbarath bt Allen Chris Joel 6/3, 6/3; Bhavya Singhmar bt Vishvajeet Sanas 6/0, 6/4; Pranav Nikhil Gadgil bt Siddhanth Sastry 6/3, 6/3

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