Qualifier Raghav Jai Singhani of Madhya Pradesh scripted the biggest upset of Tuesday when he knocked out sixth seeded Aditya Anant Gokhale of Maharashtra 6-4, 6-2 to enter the boys singles third round in the Adidas-MCC Junior National clay court tennis championship here.
While Delhi’s Simran Kaur Sethi and Nikshep B.R. of Karnataka justified their top billing, a few other seeds failed to advance.
Assam’s Priyana Kalita put out 10th seed Gayatri Kumarajah of Chandigarh 6-3, 6-2 and Rashmita Pasula (Andhra Pradesh) got past 12th ranked Aarushi Kakkar (Chandigarh) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 in the girls singles second round.
Results:
Girls singles (second round): 1-Simran Kaur Sethi (Del) bt Avanthika Sai R. (TN) 6-4, 6-3; Priyana Kalita (Asm) bt 10-Gayatri Kumaraiah (Chd) 6-3, 6-2; 15-Sathwika Sama (AP) bt Q-Dedeepya Sai (AP) 6-1, 6-1; 9-Shristi Slaria (Pnb) bt Q-Sonashe Bhatnagar (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; 3-Devanshi Bhimjiyani (Mah) bt Mahak Jain (Mah) 7-5, 6-2; Q-Prinkle Singh (JK) bt 13-Pragati Natraj (TN) 6-2, 6-1; 9-Abinikka R. (TN) bt Akanksha Bhan (Guj) 7-5, 6-2; 7-Himani Mor (Har) bt Shruti Gupta (WB) 6-0, 6-1; 5-Snehal Mane (Mah) bt Rishika Ravi (TN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Rashmitha Pasula (AP) bt 12-Aarushi Kakkar (Chd) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; 14-Nandini Sharma (Pnb) bt Vaidehi Chaudhari (Guj) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; 4-Zeel Desai (Guj) bt Shivani Ingle (Mah) 6-1, 7-6(2); 6-Jennifer Luikham (Har) bt Praveena (TN) 6-0, 6-1; 16-Ramya Natarajan (TN) bt Thanushree Vale (TN) 6-0, 6-1; 11-Moulika B. Ram (AP) bt Vasavi G.S. (TN) 7-6(5), 6-4; Vanshika Sawhney (Del) bt Yubrani Banerjee (WB) 6-1, 6-2.
Boys singles (second round): 1-Nikshep B.R. (Kar) bt Paras Dahiya (Har) 6-3, 6-0; Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Rian D. Pandole (Mah) 7-6(6), 6-4; Akhil Reuben Kanagaraj (TN) bt Utsav J. Patel (Guj) 6-1, 6-1; 8-Manav N. Pondkule (Mah) bt Akash Nandwal (MP) 6-2, 6-2; Vaishnav Bendalam (AP) bt Siddarth Ponnala (AP) 6-4, 6-4; 13-Basil Khuma (Del) bt Q-Dhakshineswar (TN) 6-0, 6-2; 9-Vasisht Vinod Cheruku (Kar) bt Jayesh Pungliya (Mah) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; 7-Aryan Goveas (Mah) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar (AP) 6-3, 6-4; 5-Paramveer Singh Bajwa (Pnb) bt Mayukh Rawat (UK) 6-0, 6-3; 15-Nitin Kumar Sinha (WB) bt Faisal Qamar (Raj) 6-1, 6-1; Taha Kapadia (AP) bt 10-Arjun Ramakrishnan (TN) 4-6, 7-5, 6-0; 4-Venkata Gnana Bhaskar P. (AP) bt Vishu Prasad (Del) 6-1, 6-3; Q-Raghav Jai Singhani (MP) bt 6-Aditya Anant Gokhale (Mah) 6-4, 6-2; Q-Yuvraj Singh (Har) bt Vasudev Vijayaraman (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Gokul Suresh (TN) bt Rahul Robhinson Manoah (TN) 5-1 Retd; Q-S. Manish (TN) bt Param Punj (Chd) 6-3, 7-5.
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