JOIN USSiddharth N Gowda stunned top seed Vatsin Thaker 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 in the opening round of the boys’ U-14 singles in the AITA Championship Series (U-14 & U-16), which got under way at the Topspin Tennis academy courts here on Monday.
Christian Cummings overcane a mid match loss in form to outlast Vignesh S 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
In the girls’ U-14 section, fancied players, including Nikita Pinto, Rishika Ravi and Rashmkia Rajan sailed into the second round.
Results (opening round): Boys: U-14: Siddharth N Gowda bt Vatsin Thaker 6-4, 0-6, 7-5; Christian Cummings bt Vignesh S 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Rahul Shankar bt Nithin Reddy 6-2, 6-3; Yugal Bansal bt Yuvaraj A 6-0, 6-0; Amit Batta bt Shreyas MD 6-1, 6-1; Rohit Madhu bt Vimal Raj 6-2, 6-0; Pransah Babu bt Maaz Khan 6-2, 6-0; Nikith M Reddy bt Rajneesh Bandari 6-2, 6-3.
Girls: U-14: Sama Sathwika bt Aadhya Chala 6-0,6-1; Prathiba N bt Prarthana B Prabhakar 6-3, 6-3; Shivani Manjanna bt Paarvi Patil 6-1, 6-2; Zeel Gandhi bt Vaishnavi Dandin 6-1, 6-1; T Shrayashree bt Sharishty Dhanda 6-3, 6-2; Serah Menezeh bt Annika Kannan 6-3, 6-1; Y Sai Dedeepya bt Shiek Humera 6-4, 6-2; Lathika Premkumar bt Yubrani B 6-2, 6-3; Nikita Pinto bt Dhwani Kumar 6-3, 6-2; Rishika Ravi bt Harsha Sai Chala 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 6-1; Tanvi Bhat bt Janvi H Reddy 6-1, 6-0; Pragathi N bt Bhoomika Srihari 6-2, 6-3; Madhumita M bt Reshma Maruri 6-0, 6-1; Rashmika R bt Anushka Burman 6-0, 6-1; Chethali bt Thangam Chandy 6-2, 6-2.