
Mumbai8217;s Aryan Goveas and Dhir Gala blanked their respective opponents 8-0 to set up a boys8217;under-12 quarter-final clash in the Sunil Dutt Memorial All India Talent Series Tennis Tournament at the Kamala Vihar SC courts, Kandivli on Tuesday.
Eighth-seeded Goveas proved to be too strong with his serve-and-volley game against Uddhav Sisodia, winning 8-0, while Gala, the fourth seed, routed Keshav Mishra by an identical score. Goveas also entered the quarter-finals of the boys8217;under-10, accounting for Keshav Mishra 7-2.
Also advancing to the round of eight were top seed Nihar Bhatawdekar and second seed Riyan Pandole with 7-1 and 7-3 wins over Sohani Dewang and Prithvi Singh respectively.
In girls8217;under-12 category, seeded players had it easy while advancing to the quarter-finals.
Results pre-quarter-finals: Boys8217;under-10: 1-Nihar Bhatawdekar bt Sohani Dewang 7-1; 2-Riyan Pandole bt Prithvi Singh 7-3; 3-Aryan Goveas bt Keshav Mishra 7-2, 4-Neil Lapalikar bt Dhruv Suneesh 7-5; Prathamesh Shinde by Tanmay Thakkar 7-1. Boys8217;under-12: 1-Ishaque Iqbal bt Karan Parikh 8-1; Shubham Pardeshi bt 5-B R Nikshep 8-2; 4-Dhir Gala bt Keshav Mishra 8-0; 6-Rohan Samant bt Kshitij Gupta 8-6; 8-Aryan Goveas bt Uddhav Sisodia 8-0. Girls8217;under-12: 1-Prabhutia Singhania bt Mahrukh Kokni 8-4; 2-Aashna Sharma bt Sharlie Deshmukh 8-2; 6-Yudine Shiyodi bt Apurva Bhole 8-1; A Nikita bt Shivani Desai 8-1.