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Vishesh overcomes Teja

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GOOD ENCOUNTER: Vishesh Batia prevailed over Teja Shakulkar in three sets.

Chennai: Fifth seed Vishesh Batia of Gujarat and the seventh seed, Maharashtra’s Mansingh Athare, registered victories in the boys’ under-18 second round at the adidas-MCC junior National tennis championship here on Tuesday.

Vishesh powered his way through the first set against Teja Shakulkar (Maharashtra) before he was stifled in the second. After falling short in a close tie-break, the fifth seed found his bearings to win 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2.

Mansingh, who manoeuvred Andhra Pradesh’s Ankesh Bhargava around to his advantage and had little trouble with his placement, won 6-0, 6-2.

Tough encounter

Ashwin Nambi of Tamil Nadu beat 12th seed Rubal Shandilya of Delhi 6-7(8), 7-5, 7-6(2). Both fought hard throughout the match. Rubal had his chance when he served at 6-5 in the third but the relentless Ashwin broke back. The tie-break was the only one-sided period of play in the match, with Ashwin winning it 7-2.

The results: Boys Under-18: Second round: Nihal Kapoor (TN) bt Elwin Antony (TN) 6-4, 6-4; Prateek Bhambri (Del) bt Arul Mozhi Selvan (TN) 6-0, 6-4; V. Vignesh bt Siddarth Kaushik (TN) 6-3, 6-1; Sriram Balaji (TN) b t Bas Wan Dep (WB) 6-1, 6-0; Lakshit Sood (UP) bt Kaza Vinayak (AP) 6-4, 6-4; Ashwin Nambi (TN) bt Rubal Shandilya (Del) 6-7(8), 7-5, 7-6(2); Vishesh Batia (Guj) bt Teja Shakulkar (Mah) 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2; Mansingh Athare (Mah) bt Ankesh Bhargava (AP) 6-0, 6-2; Harshavardan Tirani (WB) bt Prosonjit Paul (Jhk) 6-0, 6-4; Gugan Varma (TN) bt Himamshu Malik (Mah) 6-3, 6-3; Ronak Manuja (Mah) bt Samip Metha (Guj) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2; Irfan Husain (TN) bt Akshay Kohli (Del) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Samir Patwardan (Mah) bt Samir Paranjpe (Mah) 6-1, 6-0; Chandril Sood (UP) bt Jagadeesan Kumar (Kar) 6-2, 6-2; Abijit Tiwari (Cht) bt Gaurav Valia (Mah) 6-3, 6-2.

Boys under-14: Second round: Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Arnav Kishore (Del) 6-3, 6-4; Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Hardarshan Singh Gill (Raj) 6-1, 6-1; Ajay Yadav (Chn) bt Gurinder Singh (Pun) 6-2, 7-5; Akshay Thakar (Mah) bt R. Vigneshwaran (TN) 6- 2, 6-3; Sai Teja Palagudu (AP) bt Sabaresh Hariharan (TN) 6-2, 6-2; K. Pradeep Reddy (AP) bt Manad Kumar Ckakma (Asm) 6-3, 6-4; Arjun Khader (Mah) bt Kamal Kishore (Del) 7-6(1), 5-7, 6-4; Surya Pawan (AP) bt Y. Sriman (AP) 6-1, 6-2; R. Ram Kumar (TN) bt Karan.P.Kurup (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Vishal Pashik (Mah) bt Abishek Allah (AP) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Siddarth Rawat (UP) bt Trinayan Talukrutha (Asm) 6-3, 6-4; Kushal Tawani (AP) bt Surya Sirsala (AP) 6-4, 7-6, (6); Digvijay Singh (HP) bt Sudir Tanwan (Del) 6-1, 6-2; Suraj Konwal (Guj) bt H.M.Yunis (TN) 7-5, 6-3; Sharan Patel (Kar) bt Sauran Del Patil (Mah) 6-4, 6-4; Ronik Bishik (Del) bt S. Karan (Kar) 6-1, 6-2.

Girls Under-18: First round: Rachit Sarada (Kar) bt Rajeshwari (TN) 6-4, 6-3; B. Saujanya (AP) bt Sharda Dali (Mah) 6-2, 6-1; Sayali Bilara (Mah) bt Asha.S. Mohan (TN) 6-1, 7-5; Richa Balechha (WB) bt Akansha Kohli (Kar) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Janani Suresh (TN) bt Prerna Pratap (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Sharon.S. Paul (TN) bt Divya Rao Madku (AP) 6-4, 6-1; Preeti Srinivasan (TN) bt Natasha Palha (Goa) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Arushi Sharma (Del) bt Janesh Kaur (Chn) 6-0, 6-1; Rishika Sunkara (Del) bt Surya Tejaswini (AP) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1; K. Sumana (TN) bt Rekha Chandrasekar (TN) 6-0, 6-4; Vaniya Dangwal (AP) bt Sushma Gutta (AP) 7-5, 6-1; P. V. Raja Rajeswari (AP) bt Cindana Manikavel (TN) 7-5, 6-1; Sindu Nila (TN) bt Baljinder Kaur (Har) 6-1, 6-1; Natalia Khaneijo (Mah) bt R. Bhavani (TN) 6-3, 6-1; Deepti Srivatstava (WB) bt Likitha Devaraj (Kar) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3; Sivanu Singh (AP) bt Susuta (Ors) 6-2, 6-0

Girls under-14: First round: C.H. Nidhi (AP) bt Ankita Batiya (Har) 6-4, 6-3; Pooja A. Narayana (Del) bt T. Vignayata Reddy (AP) 6-0, 6-1; Abilasha Abusha (Har) bt Nitya Raj (TN) 6-3, 6-1; Manya Nagpal (Del) bt Keertha Iska (AP) 6-2, 4 -6, 6-4; D. Neena Reddy (TN) bt Zaina.B.Ali Sajjad (AP) 6-4, 6-1; Q. Sriya Ravichandran (TN) bt Bhavakya Nandhavin (Chn) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Sharmada Balu (Kar) bt S. Swetha (TN) 6-2, 6-1; C. Sai Samhita (TN) bt Maduri.B. Patere (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Ravina Shetty (Kar) bt Eetee Metha (Guj) 6-4, 6-3; Kritika Paul (Del) bt Pooja Kudesia (MP) 6-2, 6-1; M. Spruti (AP) bt Alka Raju Sabatini (AP) 7-5, 4-6, 6-0; Sanjana.M. Kumar (TN) bt Doondi Priya (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Pallavi K. Raj (AP) bt Saranya Shivani Varma (AP) 6-4, 6-1; Iktesh Chahal (Chn) bt Ananya Sarkar (Ors) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; Likita Shetty (Kar) bt Seeulee Upadathyaya (Ors) 6-1, 6-3; Sri Sanjana (TN) Harnur Kaur Mann (Chn) 6-0, 6-2.

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