Vikrant Sane chalks out easy victory

New Delhi, october 17: Sub-junior top seed Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra cruised into round two of the sub-junior and mini-junior sections o...

New Delhi, october 17: Sub-junior top seed Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra cruised into round two of the sub-junior and mini-junior sections of the DSCL Open National tennis championships here on Tuesday. Vikrant beat qualifier Vishnu Vardhan AP 6-1, 6-1.

In the other matches of the boys8217; section, the mini-junior No 1 seed Vijaysunder Prashant was knocked-out of reckoning. Vijaysunder lost to Divij Sharan of Delhi 3-6, 4-6. Vijaysunder also lost his match in the under-16 section, going down to Maharashtra8217;s Saurabh Kohli 6-7 6, 5-7.Vikrant now meets Saurabh in the pre-quarters. The only seed to bow out in the section was eighth-seed Nehal Advani who was ousted by fellow Maharashtrian Karan Rastogi 3-6, 1-6.

Second seed V Vignesh AP also moved to round two when he beat qualifier Ajay Selvaraj TN 6-3, 6-1. Also proceeding were third seed Somdev Dev Varman TN who beat S Kishore 6-4, 7-6 5, fourth-seed Chatwinder Singh who ousted Varun Walia TN 7-6 4 and 6-1, fifth-seed Dhurb Kumar who breezed past Delhi8217;s Wrik Ganguly 6-0, 6-1. The last two seeded players to proceed were sixth-seeded Rishi Behl who moved past Delhi8217;s Arjun Uppal 7-5, 6-1 and seventh-seed Karnataka8217;s Tejeshwar Chigateri who beat Anshuman Dutta 6-3, 6-3.

In the girls8217; section, the Bhambri sisters put up brilliant performances. while in the sub-junior section top seed Ankita proceeded to the second round with a flawless 6-0, 6-0 victory over wildcarder Anjani Kant, Sanaa moved past Tamil Nadu8217;s K Fatima Baig 6-3, 6-3. Ankita now clashes with Tamil Nadu8217;s Sharanya Pattabi while Sanaa meets Oormilla Ram AP, the latter moving after defeating S Preethi 6-1, 6-3.

The lone seed to fall in the girls8217; under-16 section was seventh-seed Mansi Modi who was beaten by K Pooja 2-6, 6-7 5. In the mini-junior section, while top seed Sanaa registered a clean 6-0, 6-0 victory over Chandigarh8217;s Simmer. Ankita, the second seed, beat Tamil Nadu8217;s S Preethi 6-0, 6-1.

All the seeded players in this section moved to the next round. These included third-seeded Kartiki bhat who ousted Vandana Murali 6-1, 6-1, fourth-seeded K Fatima Baig who defeated Sandhya Nagaraj 6-3, 6-3 and fifth-seeded Sharanya Pattabi who moved past Chandigarh8217;s Isha Toor 6-4, 6-0.