Nikhil Niranjan, PM Prasanna and Sandesh Kantimahanti, both of Karnataka made it to the main draw as qualifiers were spotted in the RT Narayan Memorial Trophy AITA under-16 National Series tennis championship at the KSLTA courts here on Sunday.
Niranjan defeated Prashantha 6-2, 6-1 in the final qualifying round of the boys singles, while Kantimahanti beat Praveen Sundaram 6-1, 6-2. Prasanna ousted Arya Raj 6-0, 6-1.
In the girls’ section, four State girls entered the main draw including Muskan Ranjan, Reshma Maruri, Chandrika Joshi and Chaitali Narde.
A total of 48 matches are scheduled in the first round on Monday, with 32 in boys singles and 16 in girls singles.
Final qualifying results: Boys singles: PM Prasanna bt Arya Raj 6-0, 6-1; Theyjo bt Viswas 6-0, 6-0; Arnav Pathange bt Sanmay Hadke 6-1, 6-4; Nikhil Niranjan bt Prashantha 6-2, 6-1; Srivastava bt Hariharan 6-0, 7-5; Elangeswaran bt Vishal Reddy P 6-0, 4-6, 6-4; Rishi Krishna bt Sanjith Devneni 6-1, 6-3; Sandesh Kantimahanti bt Praveen Sundaram 6-1, 6-2.
Girls singles: Tanuja Chauhan bt Shreeshe Chavan 6-3, 6-1; Muskan Ranjan bt Deepshika Sriram 6-3, 7-6 (1); Greeshma Kamisetty bt Akansha Sriram 6-3, 6-1; Bela Tamhankar bt Kushi 6-2, 6-0; Chandrika Joshi bt Akansha 6-2, 6-0; Resham Maruri bt Sagarika Sonni 6-3, 6-1; Chaitali Narde bt Aditi Krishnan 6-0, 6-0.
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