As many as seven seeds fell by the wayside in the Under-12 tennis tournament for boys and girls, which is being hosted by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association.

Telangana player Hruthik Katakam upset seventh-seeded Dishender Lamba of Haryana 6-1, 6-0. Katakam dominated from the word go and conceded just one solitary game in the match to a higher-ranked opponent.

Maharashtra’s Daksh Patil shocked 10th seeded Taksham Saini 6-2, 6-1 in quick time. Daksh got off to a flying start and maintained his lead throughout the match.

Kolhapur boy Shounak Suvarna stunned eleventh-seeded Aarav Dhekial of UP 6-3, 6-4.

Madhya Pradesh player Vivaan Bidasaria upset thirteenth-seeded Darsh Pabuwal of Rajasthan 6-3, 6-2 while qualifier Darsh Khedekar toppled fourteenth-seeded Jay Gaikwad 6-0, 6-4 in an all-Maharashtra clash.

Sixteenth seed Purhan Yadav of Haryana defeated Nagpur’s 11-year-old boy Akshat Dakshindas 6-0, 6-3.

Maharashtra tennis player Ira Deshpande shocks fifteenth seeded Vasundra Balajee of Tamil Nadu

In the girls’ event, Maharashtra player Ira Deshpande surprised fifteenth-seeded Vasundra Balajee of Tamil Nadu 6-1, 6-3. Upcoming girl Ira displayed an excellent all-round game to oust Vasundra.

Qualifier Ritika Dawalkar stunned Karnataka’s thirteenth-seeded Sanasesh Varadhamani of Karnataka 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the next round. Maharashtra’s Ritika performed well in both sets to prevail over Sanasesh.

Results (Second Round)

Boys

1-Tavish Pahwa(Har) bt Ishaan Badagi (Kar) 6-0, 6-1

16-Purhan Yadav (Har) bt Akshat Dakshindas (Mah) 6-0, 6-3

Daksh Patil (Mah) bt 10-Taksham Saini (Del) 6-2, 6-1

(Q) Varun Vijaykumar (TN) bt Dhanush Billapura 6-3, 6-4

4-Shiva Sharma (Har) bt Dev Kesaria (Guj) 6-1, 6-3

Vivaan Bidasaria (MP) bt 13-Darsh Pabuwal (Raj) 6-3, 6-2

(Q) Hruthik Katakam (TS) bt 7-Dishender Lamba (Har) 6-1, 6-0

Shounak Suvarna (Mah) bt 11-Aarav Dhekial (UP) 6-3, 6-4

15-Pradnyesh Shelke (Mah) bt Sankalp Sahani (WB) 6-1, 6-1

(Q) Darsh Khedekar (Mah) bt 14-Jay Gaikwad (Mah) 6-0, 6-4.

Girls

1-Anandita Upadhyay (Har) bt Manvi Gupta (Har) 6-2, 6-0

(Q) Ritika Dawalkar (Mah) bt 13-Sanasesh Varadhamani(Kar) 6-1, 6-1

11-Reet Arora (Har) bt (Q) Saumyaa Tamang (Mah) 6-2, 6-3

8-Avika (Har) bt Aksheeta Anantharaman (Kar) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4

4-Havisha Choudhary (Raj) bt Tanishka Chopra (Raj) 6-2, 6-1

Ira Deshpande (Mah) bt 15-Vasundra Balajee (TN) 6-1, 6-3.

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