Riaan upsets top seed to enter boys quarterfinals at 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Under 12 Tennis Championship 2025

Pune, February 12, 2025 Fourteenth seeded Riaan Nandankar of Gujarat upset top seeded Thanush Shekhar BC of Karnataka 6-2, 6-3 to enter the Boys singles quarterfinal at the 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Under 12 Tennis Championship 2025 being organised by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and played at GA Ranade Tennis Courts.

In the girls event Meera Singh continued her upset spree tackling sixteenth seeded Asees Brar of Punjab 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. In the biggest upset of the day unseeded Chahat Thakur upset third seed Falak Mehta of Gujarat  6-1, 6-3 while in a all Maharashtra match twelth seed Trisha Bhosale registered a 6-1,6-3 upset over fifth seed Sara Fengse to enter the quarterfinals

In the boys section second seed Arjun Dua , third seed Nayan Khatri, tenth seeded Tegveer Singh all  of Delhi ,  fifth seeded Nihal Reddy of Karnataka,  sixth seeded Senthil Kumar Jegan of Tamil Nadu  and Maharashtra players Yashvantraje Pawar and Laqshya Tripathi were the other boys to  enter the quarter finals rounds

Results: Pre-Quarterfinal Round: Girls:

Aaradhana Tehlan(1)(Har) bt Ruhi Singh(15)(Kar)6-2, 6-3;

 Bhrithi Velladandi(6) bt Aneeksha Gavinolla(Kar) 6-2, 6-4; 

Myra Shaikh(4)(Mah) bt Priyal Saraf(Kar) 6-2, 6-2;

Priyangsi Chatterjee(8)(WB) bt Kiara Sharma(UP) 6-3, 6-0;

Trisha Bhosale(12)(Mah) bt Sara Fengse(5)(Mah) 6-1, 6-3;

Kanishka Govind(7)(TN) bt Nakshatra Iyer(9) 6-2, 6-3; 

Meera Singh(UTK) bt Asees Brar(16)(Punjab) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1;

Chahat Thakur(Mah) bt Falak Mehta(3)(Guj) 6-1, 6-3;

Boys:

Riaan Nandankar(14)(Guj) bt Thanush Shekhar BC(1)(Kar)6-2, 6-3;

Tegveer Singh(10)(Delhi) bt Shaurya Gadade(Mah) 7-5, 6-4;

Nayan Khatri(3)(Del) bt Yuvraaj Singh(UP)6-2, 6-2;

Nihal Reddy(5)(Kar) bt Kabir Dahiya(9)(Har) 6-3, 6-2;

Senthil Kumar Jegan(6)(TN) bt Harsh Bansal(12)(Raj) 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-3;

Arjun Dua(2)(Del) bt Aarav Bele(Mah) 6-4, 6-3;

Yashvantraje Pawar(7)(Mah) bt Mohammed Aheel(11)(TS) 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-2;

Laqshya Tripathi (4)(Mah) bt Anup Rishabh(Mah) 6-2, 6-1;