Six upsets in opening round at 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial under 16 Junior Tennis Nationals  

Kolhapur , May 20, 2024:  Six upsets were recorded on the opening day of the boys main draw  at the  19 th Ramesh Desai Memorial  Nationals  Junior Tennis Championships  sponsored by DYPatil  Institute and  organized by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA)  and the Kolhapur District Lawn tennis Association KDLTA and played at the KDLTA Tennis complex  in Kolhapur

Maharashtra player Swaraj Dhamdhere upset sixth seeded Ahan Shetty 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-0 , while West Bengal’s  Shounak Chatterjee upset Madhya Pradesh’s  Rudra Batham seeded ninth 7-5, 6-2 to enter the second round of the Boys ever

In other upsets   Maharashtra’s Neel Kelkar upset eleventh seeded Pratyush Loganathan of  Tamil Nadu 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1 , Karnataka lad  Nikith Korishettru ousted  thirteenth seeded Mannan Agarwal 6-3, 7-6(1)

West Bengal’s Sankalp Sahani  toppled fourteenth seed Trishubh Kumar of Haryana 6-2, 6-2 , qualifier  Lakshya Chukka of Andhra Pradesh  came back from loss of first set to register 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Maharashtra player  Sarthak Gaikwad

Results: Main Draw: First Round: Boys Under 16:
Prateek Sheoran(Har)(1) bt Fazal Ali Meer(TN) 7-5, 6-3;
(Q)Neev Gogia(Mah) bt Lakshya Dhiman(Har) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4;
Aaradhya Mhasde(Mah) bt Mahijeet Pradhan(Mah) 7-5, 7-5;
(Q)Lakshya ChukkaAP) bt Sarthak Gaikwad(Mah)(16)1-6, 6-3, 6-4;
Neel Kelkar(Mah) bt Pratyush Loganathan(TN)(11) 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1;
(Q)Pradnyesh Shelke(Mah) bt Amrit Vats(WB) 6-1, 6-2;
Swaraj Dhamdhere(Mah) bt Ahan Shetty(6)6-7(5), 6-3, 6-0;
Hruthik Katakam(TS)(3) bt (Q)Yash Patel(Guj)6-2, 6-0;
(Q)Dhruv Sehgal bt Ritvik Dutt(UP) 6-4, 6-3;
Manan Rai(Mah) bt Kabir Jaitly(Mah) 6-2, 6-2;
Sankalp Sahani(WB) bt Trishubh Kumar(Har)(14)6-2, 6-2;
Shounak Chatterjee(WB) bt Rudra Batham(MP)(9)7-5, 6-2;
Sharan Somasi(Kar) bt Arnav Harishankar(TN) 6-3, 7-5;
Saksham Bhansali(Mah) bt Gaurish Madaan(Chd) 6-4, 6-0;
Kanishk Khathuria(MP)(7) bt Nithik Sivakumar(TN) 1-6, 7-5, 6-4;
Nikith Korishettru(Kar) bt Mannan Agarwal(Mah)(13)6-3, 7-6(1);
Shardul Khawale(Mah) bt Rohan Bajaj(Mah)6-3, 6-3;
Neev Kothari (Mah) bt Krishank Joshi 6-2, 6-3;
Vishvajeet Sanas(Mah)(12) bt Mokshak Challa(TS) 6-2, 6-1.