Patil shocks Bhatia in Pravin Trophy national championship

Pune, Dec 19 (UNI) Eighth seeded Sourabh Patil of Mumbai upset injured seventh seeded Rohan Bhatia of Nasik by 6-3, 6-4 in the boys under-14 event in the 21st Praveen Trophy in the national ranking tennis championship at the Hillside Gymkhana tennis complex in Bibwewadi area here today.

In the girls under-12 category, unseeded Nandini Das upset 7th seeded Swikriti Mokha 7-3 to enter the quarterfinal rounds in the state ranking tournament.

In the boys under-10 event, Tejas Shevde knocked out Vidit Thakkar 7-4, while team mate Rohan Bhave beat Dervesh Tare in a close encounter.

There were no upsets recorded in the national ranking under- 12 events. However, third seeded Rohan Bhatia had to face a tough encounter against Anshul Chaubal, while first seeded Arjun Kadhe scraped past Shlok Bolar 7-0.

Following are the results: 2nd Round: Boys U-14: Sourabh Patil (S-8) bt Rohan Bhatiya (S-7) 6-3, 6-4, Surya Pawn (S-1) bt Ram Niranjan 6-1, 6-2, Rakshay Thakkar (S-5) bt Vaheb Shaikh 6-1, 6-2, Anirudha Darp bt Om Dalvi 6-3, 7-6(5), Arjun Kadhe (S-6) bt Sagar Shah 6-3, 6-3, Vishvesh Sinha bt Ravish Salelkar 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, Karan Avalani (S-4) bt Parth Chivte 6-3, 7-6 (9-7), Tushal Thawani (S-2) bt Yash Deshpande 6-0, 6-0.

Girls U-14: Surya Tejaswini (S-1) bt Bharati Belapudi 6-1, 6-1, Archita Shruti (AP) bt Kony Chatergi 6-1, 6-1, Namita Bal (S-3) bt Avani Gosawi 6-1, 6-1, Ishaka Teertha (AP) bt Sanaya Baldota 6-0, 6-0, Bhrgavi Thkkar bt Sidhi Umerje 6-4, 6-2, Riddi Hegade bt Samanuz Dasti 6-2, 6-4.

State Ranking Boys U-12: Arjun Khdhe (S-1) bt Shlok Bolar 7-0, Yash Deshpande bt Pranav Patole 7-0, Rohan Bhatia (S-3) bt Anshul Chaubal 7-0, Rajanvir Dharni bt Sahil Deshmukh 7-2, Rohit Ranglani bt Harsh Rane 7-4, Aditya Vyas bt Varun Shrivastav 7-0, Ishan Chaubal bt Rohan Panchal 7-6(5), Anirudha Darp bt Niket Parulekar 7-3.

Girls U-12: Nandini Das bt Swikriti Mokha (S-7) 7-3, Rifat Masjeed bt Apurva Patil 7-2, Avani Gosavi (S-3) bt Shreeya Bhonge bt Avnee Gosavi 7-2, Aashana Sharma bt Rudhi Shewde 7-2, Vasanti Shinde bt Harleen Wadhwa 7-2, Lavina Chawla bt Diva Garg 7-2, Gouri Baindoor bt Tanhavi Shende 7-0.

Boys U-10: Nikhil Passi (S-1) bt Richie Agarwal 7-3, Varun Srivastav bt Karan Mehta 7-3, Varun Pathre (S-4) bt Adarsh Jalan 7-1, Tejas Shevde bt Vidit Thakkar 7-4, Sujay dhivar (S-8) bt Tanay Gokhale 7-5, Sahil Deshmukh (S-3) bt Parth Dodiwalla 7-2, Rohan Bhave bt Derash Tare 7-1, Shivraj Tagare bt Saurav Hegade 7-4.

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