Seeds move into second round

NAGPUR, April 20: Top seed Rohan Gajjar and Megha Wakharia (both Mumbai) along with other seeded boys and girls moved into the second round ...

NAGPUR, April 20: Top seed Rohan Gajjar and Megha Wakharia (both Mumbai) along with other seeded boys and girls moved into the second round of the under-14 boys and girls event of the All India Adidas (west) Junior Tennis championship that began at CP Club Tennis courts, here today.

In the boys’ section, Devashri Desai (Guj) faced a stiff resistance from Vivek Yadav (Guj) before winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.J Kanekar (Pune) also warded off a fine rally from Darshan Kadia (Guj) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Eighth seed Rishi Behl (Mumbai), however, lost to Saurau Kohali (Mumbai) 6-3, 4-6, 4-6.

In the girls’ section, Megha Wakharia rounded off a good win in the second set against Medini Sharama (Mum).

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Second seed Isha Lakhani also had a good first round match against her clubmate Johan Fernandez beating her 6-3, 7-5.

The under-16 boys and girls matches will be played on Tuesday.

Results (first round)

Boys u-14: Rohan Gajjar (Mum) bt S Panchmatia (Nag) 6-0, 6-0; Devarshi Desai (Guj) bt Vivek Yadav (Guj) 6-4,3-6, 6-4; J Kanekar (Pune) bt Darshan Kadia (Guj) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Sujay Mahadevan (Mum) bt Darshan Kadia (Guj) 6-0, 6-0; Krishna Tanna (Mum) beat Vikram Sahu (MP) 6-0, 6-0; Deny Eldo (Guj) bt Gunjan Dhoble (Nag) 6-0, 6-1; Amit Karunakaran (Mum) bt Imran Alla (Mum) 6-3, 6-3; Jay Mehta (Mum) bt Siddesh Sharma (Nag) 6-3, 5-7, 6-0; Shashank Kulkarni (Pun) bt Dhananjay Kawade (Pun) 6-2, 6-7, 6-4; Ankit Doshi (Mum) bt Sunil Natraj (Mum) 6-2, 6-0; Swetank Bhandari (Nag) bt Sanket Fuke (Nag) 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Girls u-14: Megha Wakharia (Mum) bt Medini Sharna (Mum) 6-1, 7-5; Shraddha Lodha (Pun) bt Niharika Chugh (Nag) 6-1, 6-1; Lata Assudani (Nag) bt Uttara Rao (Mum) 6-2, 6-2; Noopar Desai (Pun) bt Toshi Sinha (Aur) 6-3, 6-2; Krushni Chedda (Mum) bt Ridimi Raina (Mum) 6-4, 6-1; Deepika Chakravarthy (Guj) bt Sania Mirza (AP) 6-4, 6-2; Somya Kowthan (Mum) bt Ronak Shah (Pun) 6-4, 6-2; Isha Lakhani (Mum) bt Johan Fernandez (Mum) 6-3, 7-5.

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