Seven upsets at MSLTA Ramesh Desai Memorial under 12 Sub-Junior Tennis Nationals
Mumbai, February 22: As many as seven seeds fell by the wayside in the second round of the Boys and the girls event of the 16th MSLTA Ramesh Desai Memorial Junior Tennis Nationals for Boys and Girls under 12 which is being hosted by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) at the G. A. Ranade Tennis complex.
Telangana player Hruthik Katakam upset seventh seeded Dishender Lamba of Haryana 6-1, 6-0 state player
Daksh Patil upset 10th seeded Taksham Saini 6-2, 6-1 Kolhapur boy Shounak Suvarna upset eleventh seeded Aarav Dhekial of UP 6-3, 6-4.
Madhya Pradesh player Vivaan Bidasaria upset thirteenth seeded Darsh Pabuwal of Rajasthan 6-3, 6-2 while qualifier
Darsh Khedekar upset fourteenth seeded Jay Gaikwad 6-0, 6-4 in a all Maharashtra clash
In the girls event State player Ira Deshpande upset fifteenth seeded Vasundra Balajee of Tamil Nadu 6-1, 6-3
While state qualifier Ritika Dawalkar upset Karnataka‘s thirteenth seeded Sanasesh Varadhamani of Karnataka 6-1, 6-1
Results: Second Round: Boys:
Tavish Pahwa(Har)[1] bt Ishaan Badagi(Kar) 6-0, 6-1;
Purhan Yadav(Har)[16] bt Akshat Dakshindas(Mah) 6-0, 6-3;
Daksh Patil(Mah) bt Taksham Saini(Del)[10] 6-2, 6-1;
(Q)Varun Vijaykumar(TN) bt Dhanush Billapura 6-3, 6-4;
Shiva Sharma(Har)[4] bt Dev Kesaria(Guj) 6-1, 6-3;
Vivaan Bidasaria(MP) bt Darsh Pabuwal(Raj)[13] 6-3, 6-2;
(Q) Hruthik Katakam(TS) bt Dishender Lamba(Har)[7] 6-1, 6-0;
Shounak Suvarna(Mah) bt Aarav Dhekial(UP)[11] 6-3, 6-4;
Pradnyesh Shelke(Mah)[15] bt Sankalp Sahani(WB) 6-1, 6-1;
(Q)Darsh Khedekar(Mah) bt Jay Gaikwad(Mah)[14] 6-0, 6-4;
Girls:
Anandita Upadhyay(Har)[1] bt Manvi Gupta(Har)6-2, 6-0;
(Q)Ritika Dawalkar(Mah) bt Sanasesh Varadhamani(Kar)[13] 6-1, 6-1;
Reet Arora(Har)[11] bt (Q) Saumyaa Tamang(Mah) 6-2, 6-3;
Avika(Har)[8] bt Aksheeta Anantharaman(Kar) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4;
Havisha Choudhary(Raj)[4] bt Tanishka Chopra(Raj) 6-2, 6-1;
Ira Deshpande(Mah) bt Vasundra Balajee(TN)[15] 6-1, 6-3;
