Megh Bhargav Patel, ranked 516, stunned the 127th-ranked James Kent Trotter of Japan 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 in the boys’ singles pre-quarterfinals to create the biggest upset of the day at the HCL Asian junior tennis championship
The results (pre-quarterfinals): Boys: Siddhant Banthia bt Akanit Pumjit (Tha) 6-2, 7-5; Ho Ray (Tpe) bt Seita Watanabe (Jpn) 6-3, 6-3; Taisei Ichikawa (Jpn) bt Ho Denton (Hkg) 6-1, 6-3; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Sacchit Sharma 7-5, 6-3; Dhruv Sunish bt Kasidit Samrej (Tha ) 6-4, 6-3; Chin Christian Didier (Mal) bt Ryuki Matsuda (Jpn) 7-5, 6-1; Digvijay Singh bt Palaphoom Kovapitukted (Tha) 6-4, 6-2; Megh Bhargav Patel bt James Kent Trotter 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Girls: Mahak Jain bt Sakura Hosogi (Jpn) 6-0, 6-2; Salsa Aher bt Sabhyata Nihalani 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; Kuan Yi Lee (Tpe) bt Tanisha Kashyap 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Adithya Karunaratne (SL) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Mai Napatt Nirundorn (Tha) bt Sama Sathwika 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Mana Kawamura (Jpn) bt Akanksha Bhan 6-1, 6-3; Funa Kozaki (Jpn) bt Rhea Verma 6-3, 6-4; Mihika Yadav bt Punnin Kovapitukted (Tha) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
