Johann surprises

Coming back from a four-month lay-off due to jaundice, it was a spirited performance by Johann. Winning the first set 6-4, she could have finished off the tie in straight sets. Johann led the second set tie-breaker at 5-2 but Ankita showed she was third seed for nothing as she rallied to score five successive points and take the set, 7-6.

Not one to be subdued, Johann held sway in the deciding set winning 6-1.

8220;I could manage only 15 days of practice before the event,8221; said the class ninth student of St Teresa8217;s Convent Santacruz. 8220;It was unexpected,8221; she added braving a smile after the three setbattle.

With fancied players tumbling on day one, the second day results saw much adherence to the seedings.

RESULTS Prefix denote seedings

Boys U-16 first round: Jaco T Mathew bt Jai Arora 6-0, 6-4; Amanjyot Singh bt Vivek Bakuni 6-0, 6-2; 6-Harshad Sharma bt Nikhil Murli 6-1, 6-3; 4-Benzemen Xavier bt Arjun Prakash 6-1, 6-1; Shyam Gala bt AR Anand Kumar 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; K Bhojwani bt Saurabh Sukul 6-0, 1-6, 6-0; 5-Anand Sitaram bt Arvind Prakash 6-3, 6-4; Rohan Gajjar bt 8-Shivang Mishra 6-2, 6-1; Alok Bhide bt Aswin Kiran 6-3, 6-4; Vikrant Sane bt Trish R Rao 6-2, 6-1; 3-Pratim Parikh bt Nishang Mishra 6-2, 7-6 7-4; C S Mohanti bt Gaurav Kumar 4-6, 7-6 7-5, 6-2; Ravi Krishna bt Arif Hyder 6-3, 7-6 7-3; Vivek Jhaveri bt Nipun Gupta 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; 2-Sunil Kumar bt Arpan Lakhani 6-3, 7-6 7-3

Girls U-14 first round: Johann Fernandes bt 3-Ankita Bhambri 6-4, 6-7 7-5, 6-1.