Qualifier Aditya Vasisht knocked out seventh-seeded Ishaque Eqbal 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 in the boys’ first round of the ITF grade-5 junior tennis tournament here on Tuesday.
Another qualifier Tejas Shevde also battled his way past Saitejas Mopuri 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-1, in setting up a pre-quarterfinal against Aditya.
The results:
Boys (first round): Raswant Ravi bt Siddarth Ponnala 6-2, 6-3; Tejas Shevde bt Saitejas Mopuri 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-1; Aditya Vasisht bt Ishaque Eqbal 4-6, 6-0, 6-1; Rian Pandole bt Sivadeep Kosaraju 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): BR Nikshep & Venkata Gnana Bhaskar bt Giritharan Devendiran (Sin) & Yun Ruei Wen (Tpe) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7; Mayukh Rawat & Sumitpal Singh bt Anshuman Gulia & Raswant Ravi 2-6, 7-6(3), 10-6; Siddhant Banthia & Ishaque Eqbal bt Rishi Reddy & Tejas Shevde 7-6(3), 4-6, 10-4; Sivadeep Kosaraju & Kunj Kotak bt Ketan Mishra & Udit Yadav 6-0, 6-0; Parth Aggarwal & Dhir Gala bt Vandit Jaiswal & Dharmil Shah 6-1, 6-2; Adil Kalyanpur & Anurag Nenwani bt Arnav Bhardwaj & Aditya Vasisht 4-6, 4-3 (default); Dhruv Sunish & Yash Yadav bt Siddharth Basnet & Akash Nandwal 6-1, 7-6(3); Anirudh Chandrasekar & Rian Pandole bt Saitejas Mopuri & Siddarth Ponnala 6-4, 6-1.
Girls (first round): Riddhi Sharma bt Neha Mokhasi 6-2, 6-4; Mahak Jain bt Aadhya Chala 6-4, 6-0; Huai Shu Chen (Tpe) bt Baani Singh 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Panya Bhalla bt Prakriti Banwani 7-6(4), 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Shivani Manjanna & Shivani Swarup Ingle bt Huai Shu Chen & Ting-Yi Ju (Tpe) 6-1, 2-6, 10-6; Akanksha Bhanad Rashmika Rajan bt Aadhya Chala & Neha Mokhasi 6-4, 3-6, 10-6; Aarja Chakraborty & Nida Shahid Kamal bt Jaipet Anontaweesil (Tha) & Shrishti Daas 1-6, 6-2, 10-6; Kaaviya Balasubramanian & Madhumita Meenakshi bt Prakriti Banwani & Sara Yadav 6-2, 6-4; Urmi Pandya & Riddhi Sharma bt Sonashe Bhatnagar & Tuhina Chopra 7-6(6), 6-0; Mahak Jain & Sai Dedeepya bt Chaithali Adinath Narde & Nikiktha Tirdala 6-1, 6-0; Yun-Chen Hsieh & En Shuo Liang (Tpe) bt Panya Bhalla & Anandita Mitra 6-1, 6-0; Isha Budwal & Angella Raman bt Priyana Kalita & Baani Singh 6-3, 6-2.
