Prabha causes first upset at HCL Tennis Junior Tour and Masters
Pune, Sept 26: Prabha Arun Kumar upset sixth seeded Khushi Sharma of Pune 6-1, 6-2 to cause the first upset and enter the second round in the girls under 14 event at the HCL Tennis Junior Tour and Masters championship series (CS 7) tournaments being organized by Mahesh Bhupathi Tennis Academies (MBTA) in association with AITA and MSLTA at the Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts
In the Boys under 14 event in other close matches Atharva Amrule rallied past L N Nithis Baalaji 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 , while Daksh Agarwal edged out Shivam Kadam 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to move into the second round
Following are the results: First round:
Boys under 14:
Dhruv Suresh(1) bt Ameetesh Saxena 6-2, 7-5;
Arjun Gohad bt Azfar Madhani 6-2, 6-0;
Karim Khan(8) bt Anup Bangargi 6-4, 6-3;
Akarsh Gaonkar(4) bt Sandesh Kurale 6-4, 7-6(4);
Yashraj Dalvi(5) bt Soham Jane 6-0, 6-0;
Anmay Devaraj(6) bt Daksh Prasad 6-1, 6-3;
Vardhan Karkal(3) bt Sidharth Jadli 6-2, 7-6;
Sanmay Gandhi(2) bt Nirav shetty 6-0, 6-0;
Faiz Nyasam(7) bt Saheb Sodhi 6-2, 6-2;
Atharva Amrule bt L N Nithis Baalaji 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
Daksh Agarwal bt Shivam Kadam 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Girls under 14:
Mrunal Kurlekar bt Mohini ghule 6-0, 6-1;
Aashna Lunkad bt Aditi More 6-3, 6-2;
Kaavya Palani(5) bt Khushi Ghodey 6-2, 6-1;
Sneha Ranade(4) bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-1, 6-3;
Prabha Arun Kumar bt Khushi Sharma(6) 6-1, 6-2;
Rijul Sidnale(8) bt Kalluri Lalitya 7-6(5), 6-2;
Sruthi P.(3) bt Rutuja Chaphalkar 6-4, 6-1;
Paavani Pathak bt Aishwarya Kailaje 6-0, 6-3;
Kashish Bote bt Vaibhavi Saxena 6-1, 6-1.
Photo Vardhan Karkal and Anmay Devraj