The 16th seed Vikrant Dahiya created a flutter at the Adidas-TTT National junior clay court tennis championship as he beat third-seeded Alex Solanki from Delhi in straight sets to progress to the quarter finals. Till now, Solanki is the highest seed to exit the boys’ tournament. Raghav Jaisinghani, the seventh seed, also exited the tournament after losing to Amarnath Arora.
The results:
Boys singles: Round-of-16: B.R. Nikshep (Kar) bt Anurag Nenwani (Del) 7-5, 6-3; Amarnath Arora (Del) bt Raghav Jaisinghani (MP) 6-2, 6-1; Udayan Bhakar (Raj) bt Ishaque Eqbal (WB) 6-1, 6-1; Nitin Kumar Sinha (WB) bt Vikash Singh (WB) 7-5, 7-5; Parikshit Somani (Asm) bt Nihit Rawal (Chd) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Vikrant Dahiya (Har) bt Alex Solanki (Del) 6-3, 7-5; P.V. Gnana Bhaskar (AP) bt Sanil Jagtiani (WB) 7-6 (6), 7-5; Aryan Goveas (Mah) bt C. Vasisht Cheruku (Kar) 7-5, 6-4.
Girls singles: Round-of-16: Karman Kaur (Del) bt Apekshita Alkesh (Del) 6-2, 6-2; Zeel Desai (Guj) bt Isha Budwal (MP) 6-4, 6-4; R. Abinikka (TN) bt Sai Avanthika (TN) 6-4, 6-3; Ramya Natarajan (TN) bt Sruta Kirti Gunuganti (AP) 6-2, 6-1; Simran Kejriwal (Mah) bt Aarja Chakraborty (UP) 6-3, 6-3; Aastha Babasaheb Dargude (Mah) bt Snehal Mane (Mah) 6-4, 6-4; Mihika Yadav (Mah) bt Thanushree Palanivel (TN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; A. Shameema (TN) bt Jenniffer Luikham (Har) 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Second round: Karman Kaur (Del) bt G.S. Vasavi (TN) 6-4, 6-3; Apekshita Alkesh (Del) bt S. Manish Reddy (AP) 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-3; Snehal Mane (Mah) bt Y. Sai Dedeepiya (AP) 7-5, 6-1; Aastha Babasaheb Dargude (Mah) bt Sabhyata Nihalani (Del) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; R. Abinikka (TN) bt Tanvi Hatangadi (Ker) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Sai Avanthika (TN) bt Rashmika Rajan (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Isha Budwal (MP) bt T. Shrayashree (TN) 6-0, 6-1; Zeel Desai (Guj) bt Zeel K. Gandhi (Guj) 6-2, 6-1; Aarja Chakraborty (UP) bt Nandini Sharma (Chd) 6-2, 7-5; Simran Kejriwal (Mah) bt Aboli Goghari (Mah) 7-5, 6-3; Thanushree Palanivel (TN) bt Kaaviya Balasubramanian (TN) 7-5, 6-7(6), 6-3; Mihika Yadav (Mah) bt Nida Kamal (Mah) 6-2, 6-1; Jenniffer Luikham (Har) bt Nandini Gupta (AP) 6-1, 7-5; A. Shameema (TN) bt Prinkle Singh (Chd) 6-1, 6-2; Ramya Natarajan (TN) bt Saranya Nagpal (AP) 6-0, 6-4; Sruta Kirti Gunuganti (AP) bt Rishika Ravi (TN) 6-1, 6-4.
