Riddhi Shinde knocks out top seed  Diya at 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial under 16 Junior Tennis Nationals  

Kolhapur, May 22, 2024:   Maharashtra player Riddhi Shinde created the biggest upset of the day as she knocked out top seeded Diya Ramesh of Tamil Nadu 5-3,4-2 to enter the quarterfinal of the  girls singles event 19th 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

On a day curtailed by unseasonal rains another Maharashtra girl Shreya Pathare toppled eighth seed Kashavi Sunil of Karnataka 3-4(5), 2-4, 5-3 Tamil Nadu’s Deepshika Vinayagamurthyl overcame fifteenth seeded Miraya Agarwal 3-5, 4-1, 4-0.

In other upsets  Devashree Mahadeshwar of Maharashtra upset twelfth seed Vaishnavi Singh of Delhi  4-0, 4-1 while Telangana’s Keerthana Rangineni upset thirteenth seeded Saumya Chatterjee of  West Bengal 5-3, 5-4(2);
 
In the boys section Saksham Bhansali of Maharashtra upset seventh seed Kanishk Khathuria of Madhya Pradesh 4-0, 4-1 while Karnataka player Channamallikaarjuna Yale upset eighth seeded  Aditya Acharya of Odisha  4-0, 4-2 qualifier Varad Undre of Maharashtra continued his progress upsetting fifteenth seeded Vanshraj Jalota of Uttar Pradesh 4-0, 4-0

Results: Main Draw: Boys: Second Round:
Prateek Sheoran(Har)(1) bt (Q)Neev Gogia(Mah) 4-1, 5-3;
Aaradhya Mhasde(Mah) bt (Q)Lakshya ChukkaAP) 4-2, 5-4(5);
Neel Kelkar(Mah) bt (Q)Pradnyesh Shelke(Mah) 5-4(3), 4-2;
Swaraj Dhamdhere(Mah) bt Avaneesh Chafle(Mah)5-3, 2-4,5-3;
Hruthik Katakam(TS)(3) bt (Q)Dhruv Sehgal 4-0, 4-0;
Sankalp Sahani(WB) bt Manan Rai(Mah)2-4, 4-2, 4-0;  
Sharan Somasi(Kar) bt Shounak Chatterjee(WB)  4-0, 2-4, 4-2;
Saksham Bhansali(Mah) bt Kanishk Khathuria(MP)(7) 4-0, 4-1;
Channamallikaarjuna Yale(Kar) bt Aditya Acharya(Odisha)(8) 4-0, 4-2;
Tavish Phawa(Har)(10) bt Parjanya Adury(TS) 1-4, 4-1, 4-0;
Nikith Korishettru(Kar) bt Shardul Khawale(Mah) 4-1, 4-1;
Harsh Malik(Har)(4) bt Diganth M(Kar) 4-2, 4-0;
Prakaash Sarran(Kar)(5) bt Neev Kothari (Mah) 4-0, 4-0;
Vishvajeet Sanas(Mah)(12) bt Vanij Pothunoori(TS) 5-4(6), 5-4(6);
(Q)Varad Undre(Mah) bt Vanshraj Jalota(UP)(15)4-0, 4-0;  
Shivtej Shirfule(Mah) bt Varad Pol(Mah) 5-4(3), 4-1;

Girls: Second Round:
Riddhi Shinde(Mah) bt Diya Ramesh(TN)(1) 5-3, 4-2;
Deepshika Vinayagamurthy(TN) bt Miraya Agarwal(15)3-5, 4-1, 4-0;
Princy Mandagalla(TS)(9) bt Shrimoyee Kamat(Mah) 5-3, 4-2;
Nainika Bendram(Mah)(5) bt Avishi Sharma(MP) 4-2, 4-0;
Shreya Pathare(Mah) bt Kashavi Sunil(Kar)(8) 3-4(5), 2-4, 5-3;
Devashree Mahadeshwar(Mah) bt Vaishnavi Singh(Del)(12) 4-0, 4-1;
Keerthana Rangineni(TS) bt Saumya Chatterjee(WB)(13) 5-3, 5-4(2);
Ranjhana Sangram(Punjab)(3) bt Vrandika Rajput(Mah) 4-0, 5-3;
Akansha Ghosh(WB)(7) bt Kreethika Vangala(TS)4-0, 4-1;
Swanika Roy(Mah) bt Meghana GD(Kar)(11)4-0, 4-1.