Undre , Kelkar in quarter finals of 20th Ramesh Desai Memorial under 16 Junior Tennis Nationals

Kolhapur, November 12, 2025: Varad Undre, Neel Kelkar of Maharashtra and Kabir Parmar of Gujarat caused upsets to move into the boys quarter finals  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

Varad Undre edged  past eighth seed Saksham Bhansali 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 in a close match, unseeded Neel Kelkar upset eleventh seeded Sankalp Sahani of West Bengal 6-1, 7-5 while Gujarat’s Kabir Parmar toppled twelfth seeded Yaj Malik of  Haryana 6-4, 6-2 to move onto the quarterfinal
 
Results: Main Draw: Pre-quarterfinal Round: Boys:
Ribhav Saroha(1)(Chd) bt Namish Hood(Mah) 6-3, 6-2;
Neel Kelkar(Mah) bt Sankalp Sahani(11)(WB) 6-1, 7-5;  
Shivtej Shirfule(4)(Mah) bt Hemdev Mahesh(TN) 6-0, 6-2;
Kabir Parmar(Guj) bt Yaj Malik(12)(Har)6-4, 6-2;
Varad Undre(Mah) bt Saksham Bhansali(8)(Mah) 5-7, 6-2, 6-0;
Laqshya Chukka(3)(AP) bt Govardhan Suresh(TN) 6-0, 6-3;
Raghav Sarode(5)(Mah) bt Krishank Joshi(Mah)6-3, 6-3;
Hruthik Katakam(2)(TS) bt Atharv Sriramoju(TS) 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-1;

Girls:  
Snigdha Kanta(1)(Kar) bt Zoha Qureshi(TS) 6-0, 7-5;
Harsha Oruganti(AP) bt Hritika Kaple(Mah) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1;
Deepthi Vekanteshan(4)(TN) bt Shazafa SK(16)(Odisha)6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2;
Tanushri Sathesh(6)(TN) bt Rishita Patil(12)(Mah)6-0, 6-2;
Aaradhya Meena(5)(Raj) bt Keethana Rangineni(9)(TS)6-1, 6-1;
Prachi Malik(3)(Har) bt Reeta Jhawar(Kar) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3;
Swanika Roy(10)(Mah) bt Shravee Deore(Mah) 6-1, 6-1;
Sanmitha Lokesh(2)(TN) bt Ahana Das(WB) 6-1, 6-1.