PUNE: Vansh Nandal and Chandani Shrinivasan have been giving the top billing at the MSLTA-Yonex Sunrise Under-14 National Tennis Tournament being organised by Endurance Marathwada - MSLTA Tennis Center (EMMTC) which gets underway at Divisional Sports Complex, Aurangabad.
In the final qualifying round, unseeded Anmol Nagpure upset third seeded Smit Patel 6-1, 6-1 to move into the main draw while Eshan Degamwar upset second seeded Vishnu Balachandar with the score 6-2, 6-1.
In other action, top seed Keval Kirpekar beat Ved Thekur 6-7 (5), 6-4,6-3 while eighth seed Raghav Amin beat Jash Shah 6-2, 6-3 while seventh seed Mihir Parcha got the better of Ayaan Girdhar with the score reading 6-4, 6-4 followed by Suchir Sheshadri who beat Nikil Dosuza 6-1, 7-5.
Meanwhile, Sarth Bansode beat fifth seed Dreek Saha 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
In the girls final qualifying round, unseeded Torita Chakravarty upset third seeded Sreenidhi Balaji 6-0, 6-0 while Prapti Patil upset fifth seeded Swara Katkar 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 followed by unseeded Saina Deshpande who upset seventh seeded Gauri Mangaonkar 6-2, 6-2 to enter the main draw.
RESULTS:
Final Qualifying Round:
Boys: 1-Keval Kirpekar bt Ved Thekur 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3; Eshan Degamwar bt 2-Vishnu Balachandar 6-2, 6-1; Anmol Nagpure bt 3-Smit Patel 6-1, 6-1; Hanush Gandikote bt Pradumana Tomar 4-6, 6-4, 7-5; Sarth Bansode bt 5-Dreek Saha 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Suchir Sheshadri bt Nikil Dosuza 6-1, 7-5; 7-Mihir Parcha bt Ayaan Girdhar 6-4, 6-4; 8-Raghav Amin bt Jash Shah 6-2, 6-3.
Girls: 1-Kkaaira Chetnani bt Nainika Reddy 6-1, 6-1; 2-Chevika Reddy bt Shruti Nanajkar 6-3, 6-1;
Torita Chakravarty bt 3-Sreenidhi Balaji 6-0, 6-0; Tanisha Desai bt Sanchita Nagarkar 6-3, 6-0;
Prapti Patil bt 5-Swara Katkar 3-6, 7-5, 6-1; 6-Ira Shah bt Aahana Kaur 6-2, 6-0; Saina Deshpande bt 7-Gauri Mangaonkar 6-2, 6-2; 8-Madhura Shende bt Aleena Shaikh 7-5, 6-3.
Seedings:
Boys: 1. Vansh Nandal, 2. Rushil Khosla, 3. Pranav Rethin, 4. Vitin Rathee, 5. Manan Nath, 6. Cahir Warik, 7. Harsh Phogaat, 8. Raghav Harsh
Girls: 1. Chandani Shrinivasan, 2. Nandini Dixit, 3. Riya Sachdeva, 4. Kundana Bandaru, 5. Samiksha Dabas, 6. Ruma Gaikaiwari, 7. Saumya Ronde, 8. Kumari Jagatdeo.