<p> India’s Mihika Yadav overcame Komola Umarova of Uzbekistan 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to enter the girls’ singles second round of ITF Grade-4 junior tennis tournament at the DLTA complex on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>It was a good win for Mihika as Umarova was fresh from a successful stint in Bangladesh, where she reached the ITF junior tournament singles final before going on to win both singles and doubles titles in the second week. <br /><br />Mihika next plays third-seeded Habiba Lasheen of Egypt, who had blanked India’s Rajshree Rathod 6-0, 6-0.<br /><br />In other girls’ singles first round matches, India’s Nidhi Surapaneni beat Uzbek Kristina Ten 6-3, 6-1 to run into seventh-seeded compatriot Karman Kaur Thandi.<br /><br />However, Indian qualifier Rashmitha Reddy Pasula went down to sixth-seeded Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-2<br /><br />In the boys’ first round matches, India’s Mohit Jain went down fighting against Russia’s Varis Yagudin 7-5, 7-6 (7-3). He next meets fourth-seeded compatriot Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar.<br />Also to advan<br />ce in the second round was India’s Aditya Anant Gokhale, who beat wildcard Mahendru Tanishq 7-5, 6-3. He next plays Manav Pondkule.<br /><br />Results (Indians unless mentioned):<br /><br />Boys (Ist round): Aditya Anant Gokhale bt Mahendru Tanishq 7-5, 6-3; 7-Varis Yagudin (Russia) bt Mohit Jain 7-5, 7-6(3).<br /><br />Girls (Ist round): Nidhi Surapaneni bt Kristina Ten (Uzb) 6-3, 6-1; 6-Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (Uzb) bt Rashmitha Reddy Pasula 6-3, 6-2; Mihika Yadav bt Komola Umarova (Uzb) 7-6(4), 6-3</p>
<p> India’s Mihika Yadav overcame Komola Umarova of Uzbekistan 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to enter the girls’ singles second round of ITF Grade-4 junior tennis tournament at the DLTA complex on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>It was a good win for Mihika as Umarova was fresh from a successful stint in Bangladesh, where she reached the ITF junior tournament singles final before going on to win both singles and doubles titles in the second week. <br /><br />Mihika next plays third-seeded Habiba Lasheen of Egypt, who had blanked India’s Rajshree Rathod 6-0, 6-0.<br /><br />In other girls’ singles first round matches, India’s Nidhi Surapaneni beat Uzbek Kristina Ten 6-3, 6-1 to run into seventh-seeded compatriot Karman Kaur Thandi.<br /><br />However, Indian qualifier Rashmitha Reddy Pasula went down to sixth-seeded Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-2<br /><br />In the boys’ first round matches, India’s Mohit Jain went down fighting against Russia’s Varis Yagudin 7-5, 7-6 (7-3). He next meets fourth-seeded compatriot Nikshep Ballekere Ravikumar.<br />Also to advan<br />ce in the second round was India’s Aditya Anant Gokhale, who beat wildcard Mahendru Tanishq 7-5, 6-3. He next plays Manav Pondkule.<br /><br />Results (Indians unless mentioned):<br /><br />Boys (Ist round): Aditya Anant Gokhale bt Mahendru Tanishq 7-5, 6-3; 7-Varis Yagudin (Russia) bt Mohit Jain 7-5, 7-6(3).<br /><br />Girls (Ist round): Nidhi Surapaneni bt Kristina Ten (Uzb) 6-3, 6-1; 6-Sarvinoz Saidhujaeva (Uzb) bt Rashmitha Reddy Pasula 6-3, 6-2; Mihika Yadav bt Komola Umarova (Uzb) 7-6(4), 6-3</p>
