Suraj proves too strong for Rishab

Suraj scored a convincing 9-1 win over R Rishab Kumar of Andhra Pradesh in the first round.
However, Suraj’s team-mate Harsha Manjunath bit the dust, going down to Indra Patwardhan 3-9 in the first round.

In the girls’ section, Preeti Bhandurge and Shivani Manjunath eased their way in to the second round.

Preeti outplayed Nupur Uma Shankar 9-6 while Shivani outclassed Sanskriti Ranjan 9-4.

Results (first round):
Boys (U-16): Suraj Prabhod bt R Rishab Kumar 9-1; Aditya Deswal bt Aayush M 9-4; Indra Patwardhan bt Harsha Manjunath 9-3; Nikhil Saimanapalli bt Yash Puri 9-7; IB Akshay bt Prajwal Dev S D 9-5; Rahul BS bt Nikki Poonacha 9-7; Divyansh Khatri bt Rohan Shenoy 9-6; Aman Rawat bt Adhiraj Sandhu 9-8 (4); 8-Siddharth Reddy bt Nipun Bajaj 9-2; Vignesh T bt Tanishq M 9-6; Shaurya Dhankar bt Arjun Muralidhar 9-3; A Naveen Kumar bt Ashik Kashyap 9-4; Aamir Sohrab MM bt Anthony Ashankith Savio 9-6; Jayesh S Pungliya bt Madan Mohan C 9-7; Akhil K bt Chiranjan K S 9-7; Jude Raymond bt Vasudev Vijayaraman 9-2.
Girls (U-16): Nayanika D Reddy bt Ankitha A 9-7; Preeti Bhandurge bt Nupur Uma Shankar 9-6; Reshma Ganapathi bt Tejaswini Bellude 9-6; Anjali Thakur bt Anjali Jaindhan 9-5; Shambhavi Dixith bt Amritha Nath 9-3; Simran Noronha bt Abhips Rath 9-4; Shivani Manjunath bt Sanskriti Ranjan 9-4; Bhavani Balakumar bt Jafreen Shaik 9-6; Moulika Ram bt Diana Abi 9-2; Abhilasha Vishwanath bt Madhu Gopika 9-5; Prajna Nagaraj bt Shloka Kumar 9-5; Lavanya Saravanan bt Jauait Sharma 9-6.