<p>Top seed Nikshep BR handed Manish S the dreaded double bagel to kick-start his Asian under-14 Junior Series tennis tournament on a thumping note here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Fresh from his Sunfeast AITA Super Series victory in Kolkata on Saturday, Nikshep took off from where he had left off, dismantling Manish 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round at the Jain International Residential School.<br /><br />However, it was not so rosy for girls’ top seed Saranya Nagpal, who had to battle past Tanvi Bhat. Saranya took the opening set 6-1 but lost the second 4-6 before winning the third 6-4 to secure her spot in round two.<br /><br />Results (round one, prefix denotes seedong): Boys: 1-Nikshep BR bt Manish S 6-0, 6-0; Zheng Zebadiah bt Dhruv Sunish 6-1, 6-2; Adil Kalyanpur bt Varun Venkat 7-6 (7-3), 6-2; Abhimanyu V Reddy bt Sai Pranav Ponaka 7-5, 6-0; 8-Jeevan V bt Satya Maran 6-1, 6-0; Vaishnav B bt Kabir Manrai 6-3, 6-3; 5-Sanil Jagtiani bt Balaji LR 6-1, 6-0; Kosaraju Shiv Deep bt Apuroop Reddy 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; 3-Parikshit Somani bt Aditya Iyer 6-4, 6-0; 6-Eklavya Singh bt Dodda R Reddy 6-0, 6-1; 7-Raghav Jaisinghani bt Shramay Dhawan 6-2, 6-1; 4-Bijay Mohanty bt Babu Pranash 1-6, 6-4, 7-5; Siddhant Banthia bt Sri Balaji 6-1, 6-2; Nikit M Reddy bt Hemanth K 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; 2-Alex Solanki bt Tanmay C Thakkar 6-2, 6-3; Amit Batta bt Siddhant AVR 6-0, 6-1.<br /><br />Girls: 1-Saranya Nagpal bt Tanvi Bhat 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Shristi Das bt Aditi Dilip 6-2, 6-2; Shivani Manjanna bt Nisha Shenoy 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); 5-Jennifer Luikham bt Nikita Pinto 6-2, 6-1; 3-Abhinika R bt Monalisa Chakraborthy 6-4, 6-2; Sai Nikita Ch bt Shrayashree T 6-1, 6-2; Aashtha Dargude bt Trisha Punamiya 6-4, 6-2; 7-Sama Sathwika bt Salima Saleem 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1; 8-Mansi Reddy S bt Thangam Chandy 6-2, 6-4; Dhwani Kumar bt Abhinaya R 6-0, 6-1; Tuhina Chopra bt Sonakshi Bhatnagar 6-2, 6-1; 4-Snehal Umesh Mane bt Prerana Kalwar 6-1, 6-0; 6-Karman Kaur bt Rehana SK 6-1, 6-0; Rashmika Rajan bt Muskaan Ranjan 6-2, 6-4; Soha S bt Kavya B 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6); 2-Sruta Kirti Sunaganti bt Anisha J Jain 6-0, 6-0.</p>
<p>Top seed Nikshep BR handed Manish S the dreaded double bagel to kick-start his Asian under-14 Junior Series tennis tournament on a thumping note here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Fresh from his Sunfeast AITA Super Series victory in Kolkata on Saturday, Nikshep took off from where he had left off, dismantling Manish 6-0, 6-0 in the opening round at the Jain International Residential School.<br /><br />However, it was not so rosy for girls’ top seed Saranya Nagpal, who had to battle past Tanvi Bhat. Saranya took the opening set 6-1 but lost the second 4-6 before winning the third 6-4 to secure her spot in round two.<br /><br />Results (round one, prefix denotes seedong): Boys: 1-Nikshep BR bt Manish S 6-0, 6-0; Zheng Zebadiah bt Dhruv Sunish 6-1, 6-2; Adil Kalyanpur bt Varun Venkat 7-6 (7-3), 6-2; Abhimanyu V Reddy bt Sai Pranav Ponaka 7-5, 6-0; 8-Jeevan V bt Satya Maran 6-1, 6-0; Vaishnav B bt Kabir Manrai 6-3, 6-3; 5-Sanil Jagtiani bt Balaji LR 6-1, 6-0; Kosaraju Shiv Deep bt Apuroop Reddy 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; 3-Parikshit Somani bt Aditya Iyer 6-4, 6-0; 6-Eklavya Singh bt Dodda R Reddy 6-0, 6-1; 7-Raghav Jaisinghani bt Shramay Dhawan 6-2, 6-1; 4-Bijay Mohanty bt Babu Pranash 1-6, 6-4, 7-5; Siddhant Banthia bt Sri Balaji 6-1, 6-2; Nikit M Reddy bt Hemanth K 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; 2-Alex Solanki bt Tanmay C Thakkar 6-2, 6-3; Amit Batta bt Siddhant AVR 6-0, 6-1.<br /><br />Girls: 1-Saranya Nagpal bt Tanvi Bhat 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Shristi Das bt Aditi Dilip 6-2, 6-2; Shivani Manjanna bt Nisha Shenoy 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); 5-Jennifer Luikham bt Nikita Pinto 6-2, 6-1; 3-Abhinika R bt Monalisa Chakraborthy 6-4, 6-2; Sai Nikita Ch bt Shrayashree T 6-1, 6-2; Aashtha Dargude bt Trisha Punamiya 6-4, 6-2; 7-Sama Sathwika bt Salima Saleem 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-1; 8-Mansi Reddy S bt Thangam Chandy 6-2, 6-4; Dhwani Kumar bt Abhinaya R 6-0, 6-1; Tuhina Chopra bt Sonakshi Bhatnagar 6-2, 6-1; 4-Snehal Umesh Mane bt Prerana Kalwar 6-1, 6-0; 6-Karman Kaur bt Rehana SK 6-1, 6-0; Rashmika Rajan bt Muskaan Ranjan 6-2, 6-4; Soha S bt Kavya B 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6); 2-Sruta Kirti Sunaganti bt Anisha J Jain 6-0, 6-0.</p>
