Six upsets in opening round at 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial under 16 Junior Tennis Nationals
Kolhapur , May 20, 2024: Six upsets were recorded on the opening day of the boys main draw at the 19 th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Junior Tennis Championships sponsored by DYPatil Institute and organized by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and the Kolhapur District Lawn tennis Association KDLTA and played at the KDLTA Tennis complex in Kolhapur
Maharashtra player Swaraj Dhamdhere upset sixth seeded Ahan Shetty 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-0 , while West Bengal’s Shounak Chatterjee upset Madhya Pradesh’s Rudra Batham seeded ninth 7-5, 6-2 to enter the second round of the Boys ever
In other upsets Maharashtra’s Neel Kelkar upset eleventh seeded Pratyush Loganathan of Tamil Nadu 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1 , Karnataka lad Nikith Korishettru ousted thirteenth seeded Mannan Agarwal 6-3, 7-6(1)
West Bengal’s Sankalp Sahani toppled fourteenth seed Trishubh Kumar of Haryana 6-2, 6-2 , qualifier Lakshya Chukka of Andhra Pradesh came back from loss of first set to register 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Maharashtra player Sarthak Gaikwad
Results: Main Draw: First Round: Boys Under 16:
Prateek Sheoran(Har)(1) bt Fazal Ali Meer(TN) 7-5, 6-3;
(Q)Neev Gogia(Mah) bt Lakshya Dhiman(Har) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4;
Aaradhya Mhasde(Mah) bt Mahijeet Pradhan(Mah) 7-5, 7-5;
(Q)Lakshya ChukkaAP) bt Sarthak Gaikwad(Mah)(16)1-6, 6-3, 6-4;
Neel Kelkar(Mah) bt Pratyush Loganathan(TN)(11) 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1;
(Q)Pradnyesh Shelke(Mah) bt Amrit Vats(WB) 6-1, 6-2;
Swaraj Dhamdhere(Mah) bt Ahan Shetty(6)6-7(5), 6-3, 6-0;
Hruthik Katakam(TS)(3) bt (Q)Yash Patel(Guj)6-2, 6-0;
(Q)Dhruv Sehgal bt Ritvik Dutt(UP) 6-4, 6-3;
Manan Rai(Mah) bt Kabir Jaitly(Mah) 6-2, 6-2;
Sankalp Sahani(WB) bt Trishubh Kumar(Har)(14)6-2, 6-2;
Shounak Chatterjee(WB) bt Rudra Batham(MP)(9)7-5, 6-2;
Sharan Somasi(Kar) bt Arnav Harishankar(TN) 6-3, 7-5;
Saksham Bhansali(Mah) bt Gaurish Madaan(Chd) 6-4, 6-0;
Kanishk Khathuria(MP)(7) bt Nithik Sivakumar(TN) 1-6, 7-5, 6-4;
Nikith Korishettru(Kar) bt Mannan Agarwal(Mah)(13)6-3, 7-6(1);
Shardul Khawale(Mah) bt Rohan Bajaj(Mah)6-3, 6-3;
Neev Kothari (Mah) bt Krishank Joshi 6-2, 6-3;
Vishvajeet Sanas(Mah)(12) bt Mokshak Challa(TS) 6-2, 6-1.
