Roy upsets second seed to move into girls semis at 20th Ramesh Desai Memorial under 16 Junior Tennis Nationals
Kolhapur, November 13, 2025: Tenth seed
Swanika Roy of Maharashtra upset second seed Sanmitha Lokesh of Tamil Nadu 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-1 to enter the semifinal of the girls singles 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
In another upset fifth seed Aaradhya Meena of Rajasthan upset third seeded Prachi Malik of Haryana 6-0, 6-3 to enter the semifinal Snigdha Kanta of Karnataka and Deepthi Venkateshen of Tamil Nadu were the other girls to make the last four
In the boys top seeded Ribhav Saroha of Chandigarh, Secomd seeded Hrithik Katakam of Telangana, Third seeded Laqshya Chukka of Andhra Pradesh and fourth seeded Shivtej Shirfule of Maharashtra made it to the semifinal
Results: Main Draw: Quarterfinal Round: Boys:
Ribhav Saroha(1)(Chd) bt Neel Kelkar(Mah) bt 6-1, 6-1;
Shivtej Shirfule(4)(Mah) bt Kabir Parmar(Guj) 6-2, 6-1;
Laqshya Chukka(3)(AP) bt Varad Undre(Mah) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6(4);
Hruthik Katakam(2)(TS) bt Raghav Sarode(5)(Mah) 6-3, 6-3;
Girls:
Snigdha Kanta(1)(Kar) bt Harsha Oruganti(AP) 6-3, 6-3;
Deepthi Vekanteshan(4)(TN) bt Tanushri Sathesh(6)(TN) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0;
Aaradhya Meena(5)(Raj) bt Prachi Malik(3)(Har) 6-0, 6-3;
Swanika Roy(10)(Mah) bt Sanmitha Lokesh(2)(TN) 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-1;
Doubles: Boys:
Saksham Bhansali/Shardul Khawale(Mah) bt Mokshagna Talasila(TS)/Atharv Anand(Bihar) 6-2, 6-3;
Varad Pol/Varad Undre (Mah) bt Hemdev Mahesh/Govardhan Suresh(TN) 6-4, 7-5;
Ribhav Saroha(CHD)/Shivtej Shirfule(Mah)(2) bt Yaj Malik(Har)/Avi Agarwal(UP) 5-7, 6-4, 10-9.
