Praneel Sharma , Nainika Reddy Upset top seeds to move into quarterfinals at 18th Ramesh Desai Memorial Under 16 Tennis Championship

Praneel Sharma , Nainika Reddy Upset top seeds to move into quarterfinals at 18th Ramesh Desai Memorial Under 16 Tennis Championship
 
Kolhapur, May 24, 2023: Praneel Sharma of Delhi and Nainika Reddy of Maharashtra Knocked out top sees Dhiraj Reddy of Telangana and Sejal Bhutada of Maharashtra in the boys and the girls  singles and entered the quarterfinals in their events at 18th Ramesh Desai Memorial Under  16 Tennis Championship organized by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and Kolhapur District Tennis Association (KDLTA) and sponsored by DY Patil and played at KDLTA Tennis Complex, Kolhapur
 
In the prequarterfinals played todayunseeded Praneel Sharma  registered a 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 win over  top seeded  Dhiraj Reddy V  to enter the last eight stage in the boys singles, tenth seeded Panshul Uboveja of Gujarat  upset seventh seeded Pratyush Loganathan of  Tamil Nadu 6-4, 6-4  also to enter the last eight . Qualifier Arnav Paparkar of Maharshtra kept up his splendid run ousting fifteenth seeded Aditya Mor of Haryana 6-1, 6-3 .  Gandharv Kothapalli of Karnataka  , Samarth Sahita of Maharashtra , Sriniketh Kannan of Karnataka, Arnav Yadav Uttarkhand  and Aradhya Kshitij of Karnataka were the other boys to make the  quarterfinals
 
In the Girls singles thirteenth seeded Nanika Reddy Bendram caused the biggest upset knocking out top seeded Sejal Bhutada 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(5) in a match lasting over 2 hours and 30 minutes  and making it to the quarterfinals,in another upset unseeded Sai Janvi T of Karnataka upset fourth seeded state mate N. Harishini 6-1, 6-2 , while  Telangana’s Rishitha Basireddy ranked ninth upset eighth seeded Diya Ramesh of Tamil Nadu 7-5, 6-4 .
 
Delhi’s Divya Ungrish, Yashika Shokeen, Akanksha Ghosh of West Bengal and Maharashtra players Aishwarya Jadhav and Prisha Shinde were the other players in the last eight in singles. 
 
Following are the results: Main Draw: Pre-quarterfinal Round: Boys:
Praneel Sharma(Del) bt Dhiraj Reddy V(TS)(1) 6-0, 5-7, 6-2;  
Gandharv Kothapalli(Kar)(14) bt Aashravya Mehra(Del) 6-4, 6-7(6), 7-5;
Samarth Sahita(Mah)(4) bt Shaurya Bharadwaj((UP)(13)6-1, 6-1;
Panshul Uboveja(Guj)(10) bt Pratyush Loganathan(TN)(7)6-4, 6-4;
Sriniketh Kannan(Kar) bt Ranvir Singh(Har) 6-4, 6-4;
(Q)Arnav Paparkar(Mah) bt Aditya Mor(Har)(15)6-1, 6-3;
Arnav Yadav(Utk)(9) bt Neev Kothari(Mah)6-0, 6-2;
Aradhya Kshitij(Kar)(2) bt Sanjeev PV(TN)6-0, 6-0;
 
Girls :  
Nanika Bendram(Mah)(13) bt Sejal Bhutada(Mah)(1) 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(5);
Divya Ungrish(Del)(7) bt Janvi Asawa(Guj) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3;
Sai Janvi T(Kar) bt Harishini N(Kar)(4)6-1, 6-2;
Yashika Shokeen(Del)(5) bt Diya Chaudhary(UTK)(11)6-3, 7-6(5);
Rishitha Basireddy(TS)(9) bt Diya Ramesh(TN)(8) 7-5, 6-4;
Akanksha Ghosh(WB) bt Saumya Chatterjee(WB)6-4, 5-7, 6-2;
Aishwarya Jadhav(Mah)(6) bt Savitha Bhuvaneshwaran(TN)(12)6-3, 6-1;
Prisha Shinde(Mah) bt (Q)Mehak Kapoor(Mah)6-2, 6-1. 
 
 
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