Seeds fall by wayside at Third leg of PMDTA-KPIT Junior Little Champions Bronze series Tennis Tournament

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Pune, February 16, 2021: As many as six seeds including girls top seed Aahan Kaur were upset in the boys and girls under 14 event at the third leg of PMDTA – KPIT Little Junior Champions Bronze series Tennis Tournament organized by Om Dalvi Memorial Trust in association with Pune Metropolitan District Tennis Association (PMDTA) supported by KPIT and will be played at Maharashtra Police(MT Gymkhana) Tennis Gymkhana, Parihar Chowk, Aundh.

In the biggest upset of the day unseeded Mrunal Shelke upset top seeded Aahana Kaur 6-1, while Durga Birajdar upset second seeded Mrunmayee Joshi 6-5(4) to enter semifinal round.

In the boys event Ankit Rai upset third seeded Shaurya Ghodke 6-4, while Vishwajeet Sanas upset fifth seeded Dev Turakhia 6-3 to entered the quarterfinal round. In another matches Neel Kelkar upset sixth seeded Archit Dhoot(6) 6-5(2), while Manan Agarwal upset seventh seeded Chinar Deshpande6-5(8);

Following are the results: Boys Under 14: Pre-quarterfinal Round:

Advik Natekar(1) bt Vaishnav Ranawde 6-2;

Neel Kelkar bt Archit Dhoot(6) 6-5(2);

Ankit Rai bt Shaurya Ghodke(3) 6-4;

Vishwajeet Sanas bt Dev Turakhia(5) 6-3;

Manan Agarwal bt Chinar Deshpande(7) 6-5(8);

Arjun Pardeshi bt Neeraj Jorvekar 6-2;

Arnav Bansode bt Avnish Chafale 6-5(4);

Abhiram Nilakhe(2) bt Sanat Kadle 6-2;

Girls Under 14: Quarterfinal Round:

Mrunal Shelke bt Aahana Kaur(1) 6-1;

Devanshee Prabhudesai(3) bt Ritika More 6-1;