Prerna stars for GAIL on opening day of PSPB inter-unit tennis

National champion Prerna Bhambri won both her matches, including the deciding doubles, to lead GAIL to a 2-1 win over IOCL in the women's team championship in the 35th PSPB Inter Unit tennis tournament, here today.
Prerna faced stiff resistance from Nidi Chilumula of IOCL before prevailing 7-5 6-3 at DLTA Complex.
Prarthana Thombare levelled the tie for IOCL with a 7-5 4-6 6-3 win over Sneha Devi Reddy.
In the deciding doubles, Prerna combined with Sneha Devi Reddy to beat Prarthana and veteran Rushmi Chakraborty 6-2 6-4.
In the Men's Team Championships, Oil India beat hosts EIL 2-0. IOCL also beat HPCL (2-0) and ONGC beat NRL by a similar margin 2-0. Defending champions GAIL received a bye into the Semi Finals.

Ramkumar Ramanathan of IOCL trounced Anup Toppo of HPCL 6-0 6-0.