Seeds fall by wayside at Third leg of PMDTA-KPIT Junior Little Champions Bronze series Tennis Tournament
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
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;
Kshirin Wakalkar(4) bt Kavya Deshmukh(6) 6-3;
Durga Birajdar bt Mrunmayee Joshi(2) 6-5(4).
