Karnataka’s Ashok Kashyap outplayed State-mate Poorva S Kumar 4-1, 4-0 to advance into the boys’ under-18 singles second round of the AITA Championship Series tennis tournament at the JIRS courts here on Monday.
In other match of the day, BS Rahul of Karnataka registered a come from behind 4-2, 1-4, 4-1 victory over Vikranth Dahiya of Haryana to enter boys’ under-18 second round.
Results (first round): Boys: U-18: Ashok Kashyap (Kar) bt Poorva S Kumar (Kar) 4-1, 4-0; Balaji Lakshmanan (TN) bt Sahaj Ketan Dave (Guj) 4-1, 4-1; Vasudev V (TN) bt Taha Kapadia (AP) 3-5, 4-1, 4-1; Abhimanyu Dakwale (Mah) bt Indra Patwardhan (Mah) 4-2, 4-2; Saurabh Ajnar (MP) bt Somvashi Suneet (Mah) 1-4, 4-0, 4-2; S Kishan (Kar) bt Harsha Manjunath (Kar) 4-1, 4-1; Nandish Vora (Mah) bt Mahesh Bhatija (Kar) 4-1, 3-5, 4-2; IB Akshay (TN) bt Fahad Mohammad (TN) 5-4, 4-1; Gagan Sharma (Raj) bt Jewoor Naesar (Kar) 2-4, 5-3, 4-2; Javed Jaffer (WB) bt Anmol Patel (Guj) 4-0, 4-0; Sahil Bhutwala (Guj) bt Vinayak Gupta (Guj) 4-0, 4-1; BS Rahul (Kar) bt Vikranth Dahiya (Har) 4-2, 1-4, 4-1; Raymond TS Jude (AP) bt Alok Aradhya (Kar) 4-2, 5-4 (8); Manav Pondkule (Mah) bt LS Raghuveer (TN) 4-2, 2-4, 4-2; Kunal Vazirani (Mah) bt Amlanjyothi Baruah (Asm) 4-2, 4-1; Anthony Savio (Kar) bt KS Chiranthan (Kar) 5-4, 4-0.
U-16: IB Akshay (TN) bt Manav Pondkule (Mah) 4-1, 4-0; Nandish Vora (Mah) bt VR Sribalaji (Kar) 4-0, 4-0; Nadimpalli Bhupal Raj (AP) bt Karan Lalchandani (Mah) 4-0, 4-3; Amlanjyothi Barua bt Vikranth Dahiya (Har) 4-1, 2-4, 4-2; M Arjun (Kar) bt Somvanshi Suneet Sun (Mah) 4-0, 4-0; Samyukth Balaji (TN) bt Sahil Bhutwala (Guj) 5-3, 4-2; Kunal Vazirani (Mah) bt Dave Sahaj Ketai (Guj) 4-1, 2-4, 4-2; Indra Patwardhan (Mah) bt Balaji Lakshmanan (TN) 4-2, 0-4, 4-2; Ashwin Dhanaswamy (TN) bt B Pranash (TN) 5-3, 4-0; Vijayaraman Vasudev (TN) bt Javed Jaffer (WB) 4-0, 4-0; Sharma Sammud (TN) bt Sajid Ur Rahman (AP) 0-4, 4-1, 5-3; J Madhu Dayan (Ker) bt Panchman Varun (Kar) 5-3, 4-1; Sharma Gagan (Raj) bt N Manaz (TN) 4-0, 4-0; Arjun Ramakrishnan K (TN) bt Hemanth 4-1, 4-0; Kapadia Taha (AP) bt PC Anirudh (AP) 5-4 (5), 4-2; Venkatraman Hariharan (TN) bt Nikhil Deshmukh (Guj) 2-4, 5-3, 4-1.
Girls: U-16: Sambhavi Dixit (AP) bt Yaami Gupta 4-0, 4-0; Dilip Aditi (Kar) bt Likitha Prem Kumar (TN) 0-4, 4-0, 4-1; GS Vasavi (TN) bt M Jyothi (Kar) 4-2, 5-3; R Niharika (AP) bt Sonakshi Bhatnagar (Pun) 4-0, 5-3; Reshma Ganapathi (TN) bt Jayathi Sharma (Asm) 4-0, 4-0; Rishika Ravi (TN) bt G Janbaga Sai Lakshmi (AP) 5-4, 4-2; Diana Abi S (TN) bt Shivani Dhanaswamy (TN) 4-0, 4-0; Thanushree Palanivale (TN) bt Dwani Kumar (Kar) 4-1, 4-2; Bavani Bala Kumar (TN) bt Amrutha Nath (Asm) 4-2, 4-0; P Madhumitha Menakshi (TN) bt Bhumika Sharma (Raj) 4-1, 4-1; Shikha N Singh (Kar) bt Shahid Kamal Nida (Mah) 4-0, 4-1; Isha Budwal (MP) bt Dharna Jadeja (Guj) 4-0, 4-0; Saikia Suranjeta (Asm) bt Sharlee Deshmukh (Mah) 4-2, 5-4; Soha S (Kar) bt Nisha Shenoy (Kar) 4-0, 4-1; Prajna Nagaraj (Kar) bt Bhumika Shrihari (Kar) 4-0, 4-0; Pragathi Natraj (Kar) bt Suprabha Pujari (Mah) 4-2, 5-4.
