Pol knocks out Second seed Yadav at 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial under 16 Junior Tennis Nationals  

Kolhapur , May 21, 2024: Maharashtra lad Varad Pol upset second seeded Rishi Yadav of  Uttar Pradesh 6-3, 6-3 to move into the second round  of 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

In the girls section. Riddhi Shinde edged out Shivani Gupte 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2 , Tamilnadu player Deepshika Vinayagamurthy battled past Adya Chaurasia of. Karnataka 6-1, 5-7, 6-2;  while  Madhya Pradesh player 

Avishi Sharma came back from loss of first set to oust state player Mehak Kapoor 0-6, 6-0, 7-5 to enter the second round.

Results: Main Draw: Boys: First Round:

Vanij Pothunoori(TS) bt Yaj Malik 1-6, 6-3, 6-4;

Vishvajit Sanas(Mah)(13) bt Mokshak Challa(TS) 6-2, 6-1;

Vanshraj Jalota(UP)(15) bt Dhruva Hegde(TS) 7-6(5), 6-3;

(Q)Varad Undre(Mah) bt Anshul Ponugoti(Mah) 6-0, 6-1;

Shivtej Shirfule(Mah) bt Eshan Khadeer(Kar) 6-2, 6-4;

Varad Pol(Mah) bt Rishi Yadav(UP)(2) 6-3, 6-3;

Girls: First Round:

Riddhi Shinde(Mah) bt Shivani Gupte(Mah) 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-2;

Deepshika Vinayagamurthy(TN) bt Adya Chaurasia(Kar) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2;

Shrimoyee Kamat(Mah) bt Parishri Meghani(Guj) 7-5, 6-3;

Neelakshi Lather(Del) bt Kavya Deshmukh(Mah) 6-3, 7-5;

Hiya Kugasia(Guj) bt Meha Patil(Mah) 7-5, 6-1;

Disha Kumar(Kar) bt Sajhi Jain(MP) 6-0, 6-2;

Dhruvi Adyanthaya(Mah) bt Varnikaa Dixit(UP) 6-1, 6-0;

Shreya Pathare(Mah) bt Prarthana Khedkar(Mah) 6-0, 6-2;

Avishi Sharma(MP) bt Mehak Kapoor(Mah)0-6, 6-0, 7-5;

Devashree Mahadeshwar(Mah) bt Rishita Patil(Mah) 6-4, 6-2;

Keerthana Rangineni(TS) bt Avyaktha Rayavarapu(TS) 6-3, 6-4;

Vrandika Rajput(Mah) bt Joshita Goli(AP) 6-0, 6-2;

Kreethika Vangala(TS) bt Avipsha Dehury(Odisha) 6-3, 6-4;

Swanika Roy(Mah) bt Angel Patel(Guj) 6-0, 6-4;