Sukhani, Pujari, Malpe into main draws at the 20th Ramesh Desai Nationals U12 Tennis Tournament 2026

Mumbai,  March 1, 2026:  Abir Sukhani, Pranshul Pujari, Verushka Malpe enetered into main draw 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 group, final qualifying round, Twelfth seed Abir Sukhani (Mah) delivered a composed performance as he defeated second seed Dohad Kasale (Mah) 6-3, 6-2.  In another gripping contest, Subramanian Subash (TN) edged past eleventh seed Ojas Mishra (MP) 6-3, 3-6, 14-12 in a nail-biting finish.  

Results: Final Qualifying Round: Boys:
Keertidhar Maddipatla(1)(Kar) bt Prathit Patel 6-0, 6-1;
Abir Sukhani(12)(Mah) bt Dohad Kasale(2)(Mah) 6-3, 6-2;
Subramanian Subash(TN) bt Ojas Mishra(11)(MP) 6-3, 3-6, 14-12;
Aiden Karunakaran(Kar) bt Venkatesh Vikrant(Har) 6-0, 6-1;
Aarav Pal bt Harshal Jain 6-3, 7-6(4);
Prabir Patel(Guj) bt Nivesh SP(TN) 6-0, 6-0;
Mantavya Sharma(7)(Punjab) bt Vedhansh Nagelli(TS) 6-0, 2-6, 10-8;
Pranshul Pujari(Mah) bt Arjeet Bawaskar(Mah) 6-3, 6-3;

Girls:
Aarohee Sharma(1)(Del) bt Ishna Naidu(Mah) 6-2, 0-6, 10-5;
Verushka Malpe(Mah) bt  Rachel Rayudu(2)(Kar) 4-6, 6-3, 10-2; 
Ahana Das(5)(WB) bt Yeirah Ullagaddi(16)(Mah) 6-0, 6-0; 
Lineysha Shetty(7)(Kar) bt Trisha Sahoo(Odisha)6-0, 6-1; 

Main Draw Seeding list:

Boys: 1. Riaan Nandankar(Guj), 2. Thanush Shekar Bc(Kar), 3. Kabir Dahiya(Har), 4. Dhanush Sm(Kar), 5. Adhish  Pm(Tn), 6. Kanishk(Del), 7. Atharv Narsinghani(Wb), 8. Vishnu Pandey(Mah);

Girls: 1. Priyangsi Chatterjee(Wb), 2. Asees Brar(Punjab), 3. Meera Singh Chaudhary(Uttarkhand), 4. Aneeksha Avinolla(Ts),5. Ruhi Singh(Kar), 6. Kaashvi Konanki(Kar), 7. Kristi Haloi(Assam), 8. Tyakshi Lather(Del).