Top seed Vasisht Vinod Cheruku had it easy against Gokul Suresh of Tamil Nadu with a 6-2, 6-0 win to make it to the quarterfinals of the adidas-MCC National junior under-18 tennis championship here on Wednesday.
In the girls’ category, defending champion Zeel Desai also had a smooth ride against Harsha Sai Challa, winning 6-1, 6-2.
On the contrary, third seed Nitin Kumar Yadav of West Bengal was made to earn his quarterfinal berth against Siddhant J. Banthia of Maharashtra.
After letting it slip to 1-3 in the first set, Nitin clawed back with renewed vigour to make it 4-5 but Siddhant broke to take the set at 6-4.
As Siddhant dominated initially, Nitin, in an attempt to reverse the tide, resorted to moving to the net quite often and achieved success.
The results:
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Boys: Vasisht Vinod Cheruku bt Gokul Suresh 6-2, 6-0; Anurag Nenwani bt Parth Agarwal 6-4, 6-4; Nitin Kumar Yadav bt Siddhant J. Banthia 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Shramay Dhawan bt Akhil Reuben Kanagaraj 6-3, 6-2; Parikshit Somani bt Sumit Pal Singh 6-3, 7-6(2); Ishaque Eqbal bt Armaan Bhatia 6-4, 6-1; Manish Sureshkumar bt S. Abhinav Sanjeev 6-3, 6-3; Adil Kalyanpur bt Raghav Jaisinghani 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.
Girls: Zeel Desai bt Harsha Sai Challa 6-1, 6-2; Abinikka Renganathan bt Nida Shahid Kamal 6-3, 6-2; Vanshika Sawhney bt Sai Avanthika 6-2, 6-1.
Thannushree Palani Vale bt Lalitha Devarakonda 6-3, 6-0; Himani Mor bt Y. Dedeepya Sai 6-4, 6-1; Shivani Swarup Ingle bt Snehal Mane 6-0, 4-6, 6-3; Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Shivani Manjana 6-4, 6-3; Sathwika Sama bt Rashmika Rajan 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Sathwika Sama & Harsha Sai Challa bt Y. Dedeepya Sai & Meenakshi Madhumitha 6-4, 6-4.
Shaikh Humera & Rashmika Rajan bt Himani Mor & Angella Raman 6-0, 6-2; Lalitha Devarakonda & Nida Shahid Kamal bt Prathiba Narayana & Deeksha Prasad 6-2, 6-4; Vaidehi Chaudhari & Shivani Swarup Ingle bt Diana Abi & Sansriti Ranjan 6-1, 6-2.
