Upsets galore in Round 2

Upsets galore in Round 2

Mumbai: As many as 11 upsets were recorded in the boys and girls second round clashes at the 13th Yonex Sunrise -MSLTA Ramesh Desai Memorial  Junior Tennis Nationals for Boys and Girls in the Under-12 category,    hosted by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) at their GA Ranade Tennis Complex on Tuesday.

In the boys section, Kerala’s Rayan Koothrat upset fifth seeded Venkat Batlanki of Telangana 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 while Delhi’s Vansh Kamra upset sixth seeded Rurik Rajini of Karnataka 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Meanwhile unseeded Arnav Bishoyi of Telangana  upset 12th seeded Maharashtra lad Samarth Sahita 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1 to make it to the quarterfinals. 
In the girls event, qualifier Angel Patel upset fourth seeded  Saumrita Verma of Uttar Pradesh 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 while West Bengal’s Sumeira Jaiswal upset fifth seeded Laxmi Reddy of  Andhra Pradesh 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to register the biggest upsets. 

In the minor upsets, host state girls stood out as qualifier Mahi Khore outplayed 11th seeded Thaniya Gogulamanda of Telangana 6-3, 6-0 while Anandi Bhutada thrashed 12th seeded Sanjan Devineni of Karnataka  6-1, 6-0 followed by another qualifier Avani Chitale who upset 13th seeded Saijayani Banerjee of West Bengal  3-6, 6-3, 6-4. 
Later Aishwarya Jadhav accounted for 14th seeded Aahana Kaur of Delhi as the score read 7-5, 6-0.  
Qualifer Vanya Srivastav of Karnataka upset 15th seeded  teammate N. Harshini 6-2, 7-5.

Results: (Under-12)
Boys: Round 2: 1-Pranav Rethin (TN) bt Rian Sharma (Del) 6-0, 6-0; 2- Arnav Paparkar (Mah) bt Arnav Yadav (UK) 6-1, 6-0; 3 -Mahalingam Kandhaval (TN) bt Akshat Dhull (Har) 6-1, 6-0; 4-Chaitra Reddy (TS) bt Sarman Raj (Del) 6-1, 6-0; Rayan Koothrat (Ker) bt 5-Venkat Batlanki (TS) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Vansh Kamra (Del) bt 6-Rurik Rajini (Kar) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; 13-Vishnu Bhalchandar (Kar) bt (Q) Mihir Kantawala (Mah) 6-4, 6-3; 14-Ashwajit Senjam (Man) bt  Antariksh Tamuly (Asm) 6-4, 6-0; 10-Victor Mohanram (Har) bt (Q) Pradyumna Tomar (Mah) 6-3, 6-3; Mayand Tewary (WB) bt (Q) Soumil Chopade (Mah) 7-6 (6), 6-3;  Arnav Bishoyi (Tel) bt 12-Samarth Sahita (Mah) 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1.
Girls: 1-Riya Sachdeva (Del) bt Sai Janvi T (AP) 6-1, 6-2; 3-Sohini Mohanty (Odi) bt (Q)Aaditi Bhat (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; (Q)Angel Patel (Guj) bt 4-Saumrita Verma (UP) 3-6, 6-2, 6-0; Sumeira Jaiswal (WB) bt 5-Laxmi Reddy (AP) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; 6-Divya Ungrish (Del) bt Shreeya Deshpande (Mah) 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-0; 7-Asmi Adkar (Mah) bt Agnimitra Bhattacharya (WB) 6-1, 6-0; 8-Urvee Kate (Mah) bt Nemha Kispotta (Odi) 7-6 (3), 6-0; (Q) Mahi Khore (Mah)  bt 11-Thaniya Gogulamanda (Tel) 6-3, 6-0; Anandi Bhutada (Mah)  bt 12-Sanjan Devineni (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; (Q) Avani Chitale (Mah) bt 13-Saijayani Banerjee (WB) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Aishwarya Jadhav (Mah) bt 14- Aahana Kaur (Del) 7-5, 6-0; (Q)Vanya Srivastav (Kar) bt 15-Harshini N (Kar) 6-2, 7-5.

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