<p>Using his sharp serve and powerful forehands to good effect, Vinod hardly gave his rival a chance. The 16-year-old broke his opponent thrice in the first set — second, fourth and sixth games — to take the set in just 13 minutes. <br /><br />Vinod continued his demolition job in the second set and raced to 4-0 lead. But Akshay put up some fight in the next game but he couldn’t press home the advantage, surrendering the game by hitting a backhand into the net. Vinod took the second set in 18 minutes.<br /><br />Karnataka’s Prerana Pratap went down to second seed Zainab Ali Sajjad of Andhra Pradesh 2-6, 3-6 in a rain-hit first-round encounter in the women’s section. Zainab was leading 6-2, 3-0 when rain and wet court halted play for around 30 minutes but she kept her concentration going to progress to the next stage. <br /><br />Among the State players making it to the second round were top seed Sheethal Goutham, seventh seed Archana Venkatraman and qualifier Liza Viplav. Sheethal eased past team-mate Sahan Shetty P 6-2, 6-3 to set up a clash with Treta Bhattacharyya of Bengal, who beat Likitha Shetty of Karnataka 7-6, 6-2. Archana got the better of another State player Preethi Ujjaini 6-4, 6-3 while Liza scored a convincing 6-1, 6-2 win over team-mate Amala Amol Warrick.<br /><br />Results (first round, prefix number denote seedings): <br />Men: Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Akshay Kishore (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Saketh M (AP) bt Veera Vasanth (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; 1-Vijay Sundar Prashanth (TN) bt Arpit Sharma (Raj) 6-0, 6-2; Sai Saran Reddy (AP) bt Sagar Manjanna (Kar) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; Vignesh V (TN) bt Sourab Patil (Mah) 6-4, 6-4; Saketh Myneni (AP) bt Veera Vasanth (Kar) 6-3, 6-2.<br /><br />Women: 1-Sheethal Goutham (Kar) bt Sahan Shetty P (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; Treta Bhattacharyya (WB) bt Likitha Shetty (Kar) 7-6, 6-2; Nova Patel (Guj) bt Shalaka UM (Kar) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2; 7-Archana Venkataraman (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; 3-Sowjanya Bavishetti (AP) bt Nikita Vias Deshmukh Rao (Guj) 6-1, 6-1; Vijayalakshmi R (TN) bt Shruthi Architaa (Mah) 7-5, 6-4; Sonia Dayal (Mah) bt Rajni Saadgi (Guj) 6-0, 6-1; Liza Viplav (Kar) bt Amala Amol Warrick (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Natalia Khaniejo (Mah) bt 8-Smriti Joon (Har) 7-5, 7-6 (5); Preethi Srinivasan (TN) bt Sagarika Phadke (Mah) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; 4-Natasha Palha (Goa) bt Victoria Chahal (Har) 6-3, 6-1; 5-Vaniya Tangwal (Dli) bt Prarthana Pratap (Kar) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Sayali Bhilare (Mah) bt Taneesha Rohira (Kar) 6-1, 6-3; Disha Saigal (Dli) bt Rachitha Sarda (Kar) 6-2, 6-4; 2-Zainab Ali Sajjad (AP) bt Prerana Pratap (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; 6-Abhilasha Ahuja (Har) bt Arthi Venkatraman 6-2, 6-1.</p>
<p>Using his sharp serve and powerful forehands to good effect, Vinod hardly gave his rival a chance. The 16-year-old broke his opponent thrice in the first set — second, fourth and sixth games — to take the set in just 13 minutes. <br /><br />Vinod continued his demolition job in the second set and raced to 4-0 lead. But Akshay put up some fight in the next game but he couldn’t press home the advantage, surrendering the game by hitting a backhand into the net. Vinod took the second set in 18 minutes.<br /><br />Karnataka’s Prerana Pratap went down to second seed Zainab Ali Sajjad of Andhra Pradesh 2-6, 3-6 in a rain-hit first-round encounter in the women’s section. Zainab was leading 6-2, 3-0 when rain and wet court halted play for around 30 minutes but she kept her concentration going to progress to the next stage. <br /><br />Among the State players making it to the second round were top seed Sheethal Goutham, seventh seed Archana Venkatraman and qualifier Liza Viplav. Sheethal eased past team-mate Sahan Shetty P 6-2, 6-3 to set up a clash with Treta Bhattacharyya of Bengal, who beat Likitha Shetty of Karnataka 7-6, 6-2. Archana got the better of another State player Preethi Ujjaini 6-4, 6-3 while Liza scored a convincing 6-1, 6-2 win over team-mate Amala Amol Warrick.<br /><br />Results (first round, prefix number denote seedings): <br />Men: Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Akshay Kishore (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Saketh M (AP) bt Veera Vasanth (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; 1-Vijay Sundar Prashanth (TN) bt Arpit Sharma (Raj) 6-0, 6-2; Sai Saran Reddy (AP) bt Sagar Manjanna (Kar) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; Vignesh V (TN) bt Sourab Patil (Mah) 6-4, 6-4; Saketh Myneni (AP) bt Veera Vasanth (Kar) 6-3, 6-2.<br /><br />Women: 1-Sheethal Goutham (Kar) bt Sahan Shetty P (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; Treta Bhattacharyya (WB) bt Likitha Shetty (Kar) 7-6, 6-2; Nova Patel (Guj) bt Shalaka UM (Kar) 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2; 7-Archana Venkataraman (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; 3-Sowjanya Bavishetti (AP) bt Nikita Vias Deshmukh Rao (Guj) 6-1, 6-1; Vijayalakshmi R (TN) bt Shruthi Architaa (Mah) 7-5, 6-4; Sonia Dayal (Mah) bt Rajni Saadgi (Guj) 6-0, 6-1; Liza Viplav (Kar) bt Amala Amol Warrick (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Natalia Khaniejo (Mah) bt 8-Smriti Joon (Har) 7-5, 7-6 (5); Preethi Srinivasan (TN) bt Sagarika Phadke (Mah) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; 4-Natasha Palha (Goa) bt Victoria Chahal (Har) 6-3, 6-1; 5-Vaniya Tangwal (Dli) bt Prarthana Pratap (Kar) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Sayali Bhilare (Mah) bt Taneesha Rohira (Kar) 6-1, 6-3; Disha Saigal (Dli) bt Rachitha Sarda (Kar) 6-2, 6-4; 2-Zainab Ali Sajjad (AP) bt Prerana Pratap (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; 6-Abhilasha Ahuja (Har) bt Arthi Venkatraman 6-2, 6-1.</p>
