Kevin Patel knocked out fifth seed Nikit Reddy 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the ITF grade-5 junior tennis tournament here on Monday.
The results:Boys (first round): Atharva Sharma bt Arjun Mariyappa 6-3, 6-1; Dharmil Shah bt Sundar Arvind 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4; Shashank Theertha bt Saarang Phadnis 6-3, 3-0 (retired); Karan Srivastava bt Arjun Mahadevan 6-0, 6-3; Kevin Patel bt Nikit Reddy (USA) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Kunj Kotak bt Vandit Jaiswal 6-2, 6-2; Drona Walia bt Rithvik Choudary Bolliipalli 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Arnold Indigo Antony Prabhakar bt Parakaram Bakiwala 6-1, 6-1; Calvin Golmei bt Gunjan Jadhav 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vansh Bhgtani & Issa Shannan Al Harrasi (Qat) bt Arghya Das & Kanishk Pal 6-1, 6-3; Calvin Golmei & Rishabh Sharda bt Mann Shah & Aaryan Zaveri 6-3, 3-6, [10-4]; Ishan Sethi & Jaishvin Sidana bt Vandit Jaiswal & Aman Patel 6-4, 6-1.
Girls (first round): Janvi Patel bt Mubarka Alnaemi (Qat) 6-2, 6-4; Lasya Patnaik bt Gauri Agarwal 6-3, 6-3; Riddhi Ramesh Sharma bt Bhavya Ramineni 6-3, 6-2; Sharannya Gaware bt Anjali Mogili (USA) 6-3, 6-0; Salsa Aher bt Gauri Bhagia 6-4, 6-1; Shiivani Manjanna bt Panya Bhalla 6-0, 6-2; R. Prathyusha bt Ishwari Seth 6-1, 6-3; Shrivalli Rashmikaa bt Deeksha Manju Prasad 6-1, 6-2; Rashmika Rajan bt Yashaswini Panwar 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Salsa Aher & Aesha Patel (USA) bt Divyanshi Patwari & Rubitaa Rubita 6-0, 6-2; Sharanya Shetty & Malvika Shukla bt Bhakti Parwani & Riddhi Ramesh Sharma 6-1, 7-5; Janvi Patel & Ishwari Seth bt Richa Chougule & Prerna Vichare 2-6, 6-1, [10-4]. — Sports Bureau
