Unseeded Dharanidhai Mishra,BS Rahul and Mohammed Azhar notched up straight set wins over their seeded opponents to enter the main draw of the boys singles event in the Walchand Cup All India Ranking National Series Tennis Tournament 2010.
At the Deccan Gymkhana courts,Maharashtras Dharanidhai beat state-mate and sixth seeded Jaganmaya Panigrahi 6-4,6-3. Rahul (Karnataka) made short-work of No. 4 seed Sagar Anmol of New Delhi 6-3,6-0,while Azhar Mohammad had an easy outing against Maharashtras Sarvesh Thite 6-0,6-1.
In the all-Maharashtra girls singles qualifying draw,unseeded Noopur Joshi had the easiest win of the day beating Shreya Sagade 6-0,6-0,which was in contrast to Davina Chhabras long drawn win over Payal Gaikwad 6-7 (5),6-1,6-1,said a press release. Noopur and Davina entered the last-16 round.
Results:
Boys Singles; Qualifiers Rd-2: 1-Rushab Ranawat (Mah) bt KS Chiranthan (Kar) 6-2,6-4; Nikhil Kannan (Mah) bt Ahaan Tagare (Mah) 6-3,6-0; Dhaval Jain (Mah) bt Divyat Rungta (Mah) 7-6 (2),6-3; BS Rahul (Kar) bt 4- Sagar Anmol (Delhi) 6-3,6-0; 5-Yashmanoj Agarwal (Mah) bt Dhruv Vyas (Guj) 4-6,6-4,6-4; Dharanidhai Mishra (Mah) bt 6- Jaganmaya Panigrahi (Mah) 6-4,6-3; 7-Ishaque Eqbal (Chd) bt Rohan Samant (Mah) 6-4,1-6,7-6 (0); Mohammad Azhar bt 8- Sarvesh Thite (Mah) 6-0,6-1.
Girls Singles; Qualifiers Rd-2: Simran Nanwani (Mah) bt Aishwarya Sagade (Mah) 6-1,6-0; Aastha Dargude (Mah) bt Tanasha Khandpur (Mah) 6-3,3-6,7-6 (5); Noopur Joshi (Mah) bt Shreya Sagade (Mah) 6-0,6-0; Shivani Desai (Mah) bt Niyti Kohali (Mah) 6-0,6-2; Shaiza Khan (Mah) bt Chetna Kamble (Mah) 6-2,6-1; Bhargavi Mangudkar (Mah) bt Anaaya Dalvie (Mah) 6-2,6-1; Davina Chhabra (Mah) bt Payal Gaikwad (Mah) 6-7 (5),6-1,6-1.