Second seed Kedar knocked out

Chennai, Aug 2: Wild card entrant Benjamin Xavier of Maharashtra made short work of Ravikrishna 6-3, 6-2 while Gurmehar Singh of Delhi pa...

Chennai, Aug 2: Wild card entrant Benjamin Xavier of Maharashtra made short work of Ravikrishna 6-3, 6-2 while Gurmehar Singh of Delhi packed off promising Sunil Kumar 7-6 6, 6-2.

Top seed Kedar Tembe of Maharashtra had a bit of workout today. Delhi junior Chandrasekar Mohanty after bagging a bagel in the first set fought back strongly to take the second set. However, Tembe meant business in the decider and took the match at 6-0, 3-6, 6-1.

Sixth seed N Mukundan TN advanced, defeating Chandigarh8217;s Amanjot Singh 7-5, 6-3.

The top three seeds in the girls section, Sheetal Gautham Karnataka, Radhika Tulpule and Radhika Mandke Maharashtra literally had an off day as their opponents failed to make any impact in the first round. Sheetal blitzed Alice Joy TN 6-1, 6-0.

Tulpule toyed with TN8217;s Vishnu Preetam, winning 6-0, 6-1. Mandke destroyed Aparna Singh MP 6-1, 6-3.

Upset wins for Nivedita, Samrita:

Nivedita Venkatesh TN ousted fourth seed Nona Wagh Maharashtra 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 whileanother TN girl Samrita Sekar after initial uncertainty prevailed over eighth seed Nischella Reddy AP 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Results

Boys 1st round: 1-Kedar Tembe Maharashtra bt CS Mohanty DLI 6-0, 3-6, 6-1; Gurmehar Singh Delhi bt 5-Sunil Kumar Chandigarh 7-6 6, 6-2; Benjamin Xavier Maharashtra bt 4-P Ravikrishna AP 6-3, 6-2; Vinod K Sewa WB bt Nirmit Shetty Karnataka 3-6, 7-5, 6-1; Mithun Murali TN bt Punna Vishal AP 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; 6-N Mukundan TN bt Amanjot Singh Chandigarh 7-5, 6-3; Ashustosh Singh Dli bt V Chinna Kannan TN 6-0, 6-2; Anant Sitaram AP bt Parantap Chaturvedi Dli 7-5, 6-3; V Kamala Kannan TN bt 2-Kedar Shah Maharashtra 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

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Boys: Final Qualifying Round:Siddarth Sudhakar Karnataka bt Som Dev Varman TN 6-3, 6-2; Saurav Singh Chandigarh bt Abhijit Mazumdar Maharashtra 6-3, 6-1; R Arun Prakash TN bt Avinash Reddy TN 7-5, 6-3; AR Anant Kumar AP bt Siddharth Sharma Chandigarh 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Nipin Gupta Dli bt VijaySundar Prashanth TN 6-3, 6-3; A Vel Murugan TN bt Viven Chetri Dli 6-4, 6-4; Apedit Sham Maharashtra bt Arif Hyder AP 6-4, 6-4; Vimal Keerthi TN bt Rohan Kranti AP 6-1, 6-1.

Girls 1st round:1-G Sheetal Karnataka bt Alice Joy TN 6-1, 6-0; Nandita C TN bt Nandini Perumal AP 6-0, 6-2; Harsimran Kaur Chandigarh bt Ratikumar Maharashtra 6-0, 6-0; Samrita Sekar TN bt 8-Nischella Reddy AP 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Nivedita Venkatesh TN bt 4-Nona Wagh Maharashtra 6-0, 4-6, 6-4; Isha Chopra Harayana bt Kameswari Vadalli AP 6-1, 6-0; 7-Sandhya Kannuri TN bt Vishika Chhetri Dli 6-3, 6-2; Shereen Yusuf Karnataka bt T Sri Charanya TN 6-1, 6-1; 5-Geeta Manohar AP bt Sharanya Pattabi TN 6-2, 6-0; Radha Devendrappa Karanataka bt Vandana Murali TN 6-1, 6-3; 3-Radhika Mandke Maharashtra bt Aparna Singh MP 6-1, 6-3; Khushchehr Italia US bt Preeti Devendran TN 6-1, 7-5; 6-T Yamini TN bt Preeti Rao TN 6-3, 6-3; Sai Rajalakshmi TN bt M Kamini TN 6-3, 6-4;Shalini Reddy TN bt Rekha Mohan TN 2-6, 6-0, 6-2; 2-Radhika Tulpule Maharashtra bt Vishnu Preetham TN 6-0, 6-1.