Gadia, Jain, Pal dominant Wins in opening round at the 20th Ramesh Desai Nationals U12 Tennis Tournament 2026

Mumbai,  February 28, 2026:   Reyan Gadia,  Aaarav Pal,  Harshal Jain  upset seeds in first qualifying round at the 20th Ramesh Desai Nationals U12 Tennis Tournament 2026 which is being organized by MSLTA and played at GA Ranade Tennis Centre, Mumbai.

In the boys’ first qualifying round, Reyan Gadia delivered one of the most emphatic victories of the day, blanking fourth seed Prithvi Joon 6-0, 6-0 in a clinical display. Harshal Jain overcame fifth seed Ayaan Gadhraju 6-4, 6-4 in a well-contested encounter.

Aaarav Pal rallied strongly to defeat 14th seed Rishik Poodari 6-2, 7-5, while Chris Raj got the better of 13th seed Jai Tondapalli 7-5, 6-4 in a competitive straight-sets win.

A total 210 players from all over india participated in this tournament.

Results: First Qualifying Round: Boys:
Ved Barve(Mah) bt Shivank Borawade(Mah) 6-4, 6-0;
Prathit Patel(Guj) bt Tarun Tejas(TN) 6-3, 7-5;
Chris Raj(Raj) bt Jai Tondapalli(13)(TS) 7-5, 6-4;
Dohad Kasale(2)(Mah) bt Anoop Shirur(Kar) 6-1, 7-6(4);
Akshaj Hegde(Mah) bt Parikshit Shetty 6-4, 6-1;
Reyan Gadia(Mah) bt Prithvi Joon(4)(Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-0;
Harshal Jain(UP) bt Ayaan Gadhraju(5) 6-4, 6-4;
Aaarav Pal bt Rishik Poodari(14)(TS) 6-2, 7-5;
Ayden Sheikh(6)(Mah) bt Viaan Goyal(Mah) 6-0, 6-1;
Dron Davakhar(Mah) bt Arth Sanap(Mah) 6-4, 7-6(1);

Girls:
Ruth Rayudu(Kar) bt Meera Dharia 6-1, 6-1;
Ishna Naidu(Mah) bt Ditvi Kumar(Kar) 6-2, 6-1;
Saanvi Dhatrak(Mah) bt Ananya A(Guj) 6-0, 6-1;
Sunidhi Kumar bt Parikshit Palanivelu(TN) 6-4, 6-1;
Lohitha Maremalla(Kar) bt Jahnavi Alluri 3-6, 6-2, 10-5;
Verushka Malpe(Mah) bt Mrigakshi Roy 3-6, 7-5, 11-9.