PUNE: In a battle of wildcards, Arjun Gohad edged out Sanmay Gandhi 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 to enter the second round of the Boy’s event at the Arun Wakankar Memorial ATF Asian Under-14 Series tennis tournament at the MSLTA School of Tennis at Balewadi Sports Complex on Monday.
Then, Kartik Parhar scored a comprehensive straight set win over qualifier Rishikesh Sunkar, 6-0, 6-3.
In the Girl’s event, top seeded Abhilasha Bista of Nepal rallied past Sai Bhoyar 6-2, 6-4, while Roshni Ghosal played out a close match against Tenzin Mendez winning before winning 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) to enter the second round.
Also winning on the first day were Priyanshi Bhandari, Sanjana Sirimalla, Aarya Patil, Rijul Sidanale and Yana Dhamija.
RESULTS:
First round:
Boys: 7-Jai Gollapudi (US) bt q-Kafil Kadwekar 6-1, 6-2; 5-Vishesh Patel bt Neill Pillai 6-2, 6-3; 2-Dev Patel bt Aryan Deokar 6-1, 6-3; wc-Leston Vaz bt Pranav Gadgil 6-4, 6-3; Malhar Rajpal bt Dhruv Suresh 6-3, 6-2; Vardhan Karkal bt Krish Waghani (US) 6-3, 6-1; Anargha Ganguly bt Krish Patel 6-1, 7-6 (7-4); Ved Kulkarni bt Ameetesh Saxena 6-2, 6-2; Kartik Parhar bt q-Rishikesh Sunkar 6-0, 6-3; Daksh Agarwal bt Aarav Sane (US) 6-2, 6-3; Anshul Satav bt Aditya Patankar 6-0, 6-2; Arjun Gohad bt wc-Sanmay Gandhi 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4.
Girls: Abhilasha Bista (Nep) bt Sai Bhoyar 6-2, 6-4; Priyanshi Bhandari bt Kotistha Modak 6-2, 6-1; Sanjana Sirimalla bt Ira Shah 6-1, 6-1; Aarya Patil bt Riyah Dugar 6-1, 6-1; Rijul Sidanale bt q-Pari Chavan 6-2, 6-2; Yana Dhamija bt Tishya Khandelwal 6-1, 6-3; Roshni Ghosal bt Tenzin Mendez 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).
(All Indians unless stated)