Tamil Nadu’s Ramya Natarajan scored a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 win over sixth-seeded Jennifer Luikham of Haryana in the girls’ third round of the adidas-MCC National junior under-18 tennis championship, here on Tuesday. What should have been a straight-set victory went to the decider after Ramya was broken while serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set. She lost the set before recovering to take the third.
Other results: Boys (third round): B.R. Nikshep (Kar) bt Sanil Jagtiani (WB) 7-6(4), 7-6(3); N. Manav Pondkule (Mh) bt Akhil Reuben Kanagaraj (TN) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Basil. L. Khuma (WB) bt Vaishnav Bendalam (AP) 6-1, 6-3; Vasisht Vinod Cheruka (Kar) bt Aryan Goveas (Mah) 6-2, 6-3; Nitin Kumar Sinha (WB) bt Paramveer Singh Bajwa (Pun) 7-6(6), 6-3; Venkata Gnana Bhaskar (AP) bt Taha Kapadia (AP) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4; Raghav Jai Singhani (MP) bt Yuvraj Singh (Har) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3; S. Manish (TN) bt Gokul Suresh (TN) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
Girls: Simran Kaur Sethi (Del) bt Priyana Kalita (Asm) 6-1, 6-3; Sathwika Sama (AP) bt Shristi Slaria (Pun) 6-2, 6-4; Devanshi Bhimjiyani (Mah) bt Prinkle Singh (Jha) 7-5, 6-1; R. Abinikka (TN) bt Himani Mor (Har) 6-3, 6-0; Rishika Ravi (TN) bt Rashmitha Pasula (AP) 6-2, 6-1; Zeel Desai (Guj) bt Nandini Sharma (Pun) 6-3, 6-0; Vanshika Sawhney (Del) bt B. Moulika Ram (AP) 6-3, 6-3.
