Easy Day for seeded players

Pune, Dec 18 (UNI) Seeded players Tushal Thawani, Karan Awalani, Sourabh Patil, Surya Tejaswini and Tanaya Gosavi easily put out their opponents to move in the second round of Under-14 boys and girls category in 21st Praveen Trophy national ranking tennis championship here today.

However, Vaheb Shaikh, who lost yesterday, went in the main draw as Lucky Looser, however had a change in his luck as he accounted for Siddhant Agarwal of Indore in a tie-breaker 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-4.

Following are the results: Boys Under 14: First round: Karan Awlani (S-4) bt Rajanweer Darani 6-1, 6-1; Yash Deshpande bt Nikunj Mehta 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Aniruddha Darp bt Milind Sathe 6-3, 6-4; Sourabh Patil (S-8) bt Ishan Choubal 6-1, 6-2; Tushal Thawani (S-2) bt Anvit Bendre 6-2, 6-1.

Girls Under 14: First Round: Surya Tejaswini (S-1) bt Nupur Shinde 6-0, 6-0; Bharati Bylapudi (AP) bt Sanskruti Jangale 6-2, 1-6, 6-1; Sanaya Baldota bt Apurva Patil 6-4, 7-6(3), Tanaya Gosavi (S-6) bt Nupura Deshpande 6-0, 6-0; Ridhyee Hegade bt Lavina Chawla 6-2, 6-2; Avani Gosavi bt Shruti Bhaburde 6-4, 6-4.

Boys Under 12: First Round: Arjun Kadhe (S-1) bt Richi Agarwal 6-1, Shlok Bolar bt Nikhil Passi 6-5(1), Anshul Choubal bt Dhruvjoyti Das 6-5(0), Rajanweer Darani (S-6) bt Vidhit Thakkar 6-0, Rohan Bhatiya bt Ishan Singh 6-0.

Boys Under 10: First Round: Richi Agarwal bt Anshul Choubal 6-3, Adrsh Jalan bt Karan Doshi 6-2, Varun Pathare (S-4) bt Indra Patwardhan 6-5(3), Tejas Shewade bt Krushankant Pawar 6-0, Parth Dodiwala bt Anish Salelkar 6-5(0), Shivraj Tagare bt Jignesh Patel 6-1.

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