Karnataka’s Nimisha Mohan hardly broke sweat during her 4-1, 4-0 demolition of state-mate Nitha M in the girls under-16 section of the Good Earth Super Series tennis tournament which got under way at the KSLTA courts on Monday. Fourth-seeded Rachitha Sarda overcame a fighting Nidhi of Andhra Pradesh 2-4, 4-2, 5-3.

Earlier in the day, Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj lauded the sponsors for promoting junior tennis. “Junior tennis is where our future is. It is heartening to see sponsors coming forward to promote the juniors,” said Amritraj.

Results (I round):
Boys U-16: N Sai Karthik (AP) bt Pyara Singh (Kar) 4-1, 4-1; Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Vishwanth Sanadi (Kar) 4-2, 4-0; Ramkumar R (TN) bt Surya Sirasala (AP) 4-0, 5-3; Digvijay Singh (HP) bt Vikas Hansoge (Kar) 4-0, 4-0; Chethan Pandit (AP) bt Arjun Khade 4-1, 4-2; Rashin Samuel (Kar) Om Dalvi 4-2, 4-0; Surya Pavan (AP) Rohit Srinath (Kar0 5-3, 5-4 (4); J Mohit Mayur (TN) Suraj Desai (Guj) 4-1, 2-4, 4-1; K Pradeep Reddy (AP) bt Vaidik Munshaw (Guj) 4-1, 2-4, 4-2; Shabaaz Khan (Mah) bt Sharan Patil (Kar) 4-1, 4-1; Tushal Thawani (Mah) bt Suraj Konwar (Guj) 4-2, 4-1; S V Abhishek (Kar) bt Vishnu Jinan (Kar) 4-2, 4-0; Ronit Bhist (Del) bt Vishal Passi (Mah) 4-0, 4-1; R Vigneswaran (TN) bt Senthil Kumar (TN) 2-4, 4-2, 5-3; Sagar Manjunath (Kar) bt Ganga Singh (Kar) 4-1, 4-1; Samip Mehta (Guj) bt S M Abdulla (AP) 4-2, 4-2.

U-14: J Mohit Mayur (TN) Jude Raymonds 4-1, 4-2; S M Abdulla (AP) bt Kashyap Ashok (Kar) 4-0, 4-1; Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Sriman (AP); 4-1, 4-0; Arjun Kadhe (Mah) bt Harsha Manjunath (Kar) 4-0, 4-0; Digvijay Singh (HP) bt Karan Patel (Guj) 4-0, 4-0; Raghavendra S (Kar) bt Nikhil Reddy (TN) 4-0, 4-1; Sharan Patil (Kar) bt Ronak Jhawar (AP) 4-0, 5-3; K Pradeep Reddy (AP) bt R Vigneswaran (TN) 2-4, 4-2, 5-3; Surya Pavan (AP) bt Anju Kumar Bhuyan (Ors) 4-1, 5-3; Vishal Passi (Mah) bt Suraj Konwar (Guj) 2-4, 5-4, 1-4; Yash Despande (Mah) bt Sai Reddy 5-3, 4-1; Tushar Tawani (Mah) bt Sai Avinash (TN) 4-2, 4-2; R Ramkumar (TN) bt Sumuka Karanth (Kar) 4-1, 4-1; Om Dalvi (Mah) bt Surya Sirasala (AP) 4-1, 4-2; Tushal Mandelker bt Kahan Vasa 4-1, 4-2; Ronit Bisht (Del) bt Sharad R 4-1, 4-1.

Girls U-16: Nimisha Mohan (Kar) bt Nitha M P (Kar) 4-0, 4-1; U  M  Shalaka (Kar) bt Teertha  Iska (AP) 4-0, 5-3; Parminder Kaur (Del) bt Smriti Joon (Har) 4-2, 4-2; B Sowjanya (AP) bt Pooja S Patil (Kar) 4-1, 4-0; Ankita Raina (Guj) w/o Disha Saigal (Del); Sansitha Nandakumar (TN) w/o Likitha Devaraj (Kar); Swetha Sreehari (AP) Nithya Raju  (AP) 4-1, 1-4, 5-3; C  Rajeshwari (TN) bt Pooja A Narayana (Del) 4-0, 4-1; Padma Priya A K (Kar) bt Sneha  Kondapathy (TN) 4-0, 4-1; Saranyavarma (AP) Dhruthi Venugopal (Kar) 4-2, 2-4, 5-3; Rachana R Gowda (Kar) bt Spoorthi Shivalingaiah (Kar) 4-1, 4-1; Rachitha Sarda (Kar) bt Nidhi C (AP) 2-4, 4-2, 5-3; Prathana T (Mah) bt Surya Tejeswini (AP) 4-0, 4-1; Amrita Mukherjee (WB) bt Pallavi Krishnam Raju (AP) 5-3, 4-2; Sindhura Polavarapu (AP) bt Amala Amol W (Kar) 4-1, 4-1; Sharon S Paul (TN) bt Malikasaharia (WB) 4-0, 4-0.