Pol Upsets Jain to move into second round of 20th Ramesh Desai Memorial under 16 Junior Tennis Nationals
Kolhapur, November 10, 2025: Varad Pol of Maharashtra outplayed seventh seeded Apurva Jain of Rajasthan 6-3,6-2 to move into the boys second round at the 20th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Junior Tennis Championships which is being organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and the Kolhapur District Lawn tennis Association KDLTA at the KDLTA Tennis complex in Kolhapur
Results: Main Draw: First Round: Boys:
Ribhav Saroha(1)(Chd) bt Daksh Patil(Mah) 7-6(4), 6-3;
Mokshagna Talasila(TS) bt Dhyey Shandilya(Mah) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4;
Namish Hood(Mah) bt Puneeth M(Kar) 6-2, 7-5;
Lakshay Drall(14)(Del) bt Soumitra Kirdat(Mah) 6-3, 6-2;
Sankalp Sahani(11)(WB) bt Shardul Khawale(Mah) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3;
Aarav Patel(Mah) bt Ayaan Singh(TS) 7-5, 6-1;
Neel Kelkar(Mah) bt Vivaan Malhotra 7-5, 6-1;
Varad Pol(Mah) bt Apoorv Jain(7)(Raj) 6-3, 6-2;
Shivtej Shirfule(4)(Mah) bt Ashwin Kabilan(TN) 6-2, 6-2;
Arjun Manikandan(Kar) bt Neel Bhardwaj(Raj) 7-5, 6-3;
Hemdev Mahesh bt Arjun Sharma 6-3, 6-1;
Ishayyu Desai(15)(Kar) bt Neev Gogia(Mah) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-3;
Arnav Khandelwal(MP) bt Sujai Pothula(TS) 6-4, 7-5;
Shivraj Jadhav(Mah) bt Madhav Shah(Guj) 6-0, 6-0;
Saksham Bhansali(8)(Mah) bt Naresh Prabhu(TN) 6-2, 7-6(3);
Varad Undre(Mah) bt Sidhant Wodeyar(Kar) 6-0, 6-3;
Sai Kanithi(16)(AP) bt Franklin Richardson(TN) 6-2, 6-1;
