Pune: Krishay Tawade defeated Aditya Yogi to advance into the next round of the Under-8 mixed category during the ICON Group Little Champions Series Tennis Tournament at Maharashtra Mandal, Katariya High School, Mukund Nagar on Friday.
In the other matches, Sayyam Patil upset fourth seeded Trishik Wakalkar 5-3, while in a minor upset Smit Undre put out sixth seeded Vera Harpude 5-1. Akshat Dakshindas scored an identical win over eighth seeded Raam Makdum 5-1.
In the Under-10 girls event, eighth seeded Swanika Roy beat fourth seeded Aarohi Deshmukh 5-3.
Results:
Under 8 (Mixed): Sayyam Patil bt 4-Trishik Wakalkar 5-3; 16-Smit Undre bt 6-Vera Harpude 5-1; 13-Akshat Dakshindas bt 8-Raam Makdum 5-1; Krishay Tawade bt 11-Aditya Yogi 5-3; 15-Kavya Pande bt Darsha Oza 5-2; 12-Azlan Shaikh bt 17-Shrushti Suryavanshi 5-0; 3-Sujay Deshmukh bt Veeren Chaudhari 5-2.
Boys, Under-10: Kartik Shewale bt Avneesh Gavali 5-0; Neel Kelkar bt Manvinder Trivedi 5-0; 8-Devraj Mandade bt Shayan Dey 5-1; Aman Shah bt Sanat Kadle 5-2; Ninad Patil bt Veeren Chudhari 5-4; Kavin Shinde bt Smit Undre 5-3.
Girls : Under-10: 8-Swanika Roy bt 4-Aarohi Deshmukh 5-3.