Savio notched up a 6-1, 7-5 win in his first round encounter. In another first round match, Tushar Madelkar scored a comfortable win over Gautham R 6-1, 6-3.
In the girls’ section, Prajna Nagaraj eased past Sonashi Bhatnagar 6-1, 6-1 to make it to next round. Rishika Vageesh also advanced beating D Sai Haritha 6-0, 6-2 in the first round.

Results (under-16, singles first round): Boys: Tushar Madelkar bt Gautham R 6-1, 6-3; Varun Chandran bt Suraj H 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Avinash Ramanathan bt Darshan S 6-0, 6-4; Nikhil Reddy bt Pranav Karthik P bt 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Anthony Savio bt Pranav Diwakar 6-1, 7-5; Prateesh K bt Siddarth Dabrai 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Suraj Prabodh bt Karan Pravindra 6-0, 6-1; S Raghavendra bt Anurag Sippani 1-6, 6-4 6-2; Anirudh Puranic bt Abhijeeth A 6-1, 6-2; S Karthik bt Rohan Shenoy 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 6-0; LD Hitesh bt Naveen N 7-5, 7-6 (8-6); Kashyap A bt CHV Ajith Pandya 6-0, 6-3.
Girls: Prajna Nagaraj bt Sonashi Bhatnagar 6-1, 6-1; Tanya Singh bt Ankitha Manohar 6-1, 6-1; Jyothi M bt Nisha Shenoy 6-3, 6-4; Nupur Roy Chaudhary bt Deepthi J 6-2, 6-0; Shloka Kumar bt Sanjana Chandrashekar 6-0, 6-1; Rishika Vageesh bt D Sai Haritha 6-0, 6-2; Tejeshwani Belludi bt Abhilasha V 6-2, 6-1; Lakshmi Nikita bt Chalana Pakati 6-3, 7-5.