Telangana’s Batlanki causes first upset at Ramesh Desai Memorial under 16 Junior Tennis Nationals at Kolhapur

Kolhapur, 30th May 2022: Unseeded Venkat Batlanki of Telangana caused the first upset of the main draw as he upset seventh seeded Swastik Sharma of Delhi 6-3, 6-1 to enter the second round of the boys singles at the DY Patil Institute Ramesh Desai Memorial Junior under 16 Tennis National tournament which is being supported by Enerzal and. Tennis Hub and hosted by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and the Kolhapur District LAwn tennis Association KDLTA at the KDLTA Tennis complex in Kolhapur

In other matches local qualifier Ashwin Narsinghani kept up the good run trouncing Jai Pareek of Haryana 6-1, 6-2

Another qualifier Abhiram Nilakhe outplayed Dikshan Chhikara of Haryana 6-1, 6-1 while Avaneesh Chafle played some consistent tennis to come back from loss of the first set to get past Telangana’s Naishik Ganagama 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3 and move to the second round

In another three set match in the girls section Siya Prasade came back from being a set down to get past Haryana player Aditi Tyagi 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and move to the second round

Results: First Round: Boys:
Krish Tyagi(Kar)[1] bt Mukul Lodhi(UP) 6-0, 6-1;
Aaradhya Dwivedi(Kar)bt Laksh Gujarathi(Mah) 7-6(2), 6-1;
Venkat Batlanki(TS) bt Swastik Sharma(Del)[7] 6-3, 6-1;
Vansh Nandal(Har)[3] bt Hiren Malik(Har) 6-2, 6-1;
(Q)Ashwin Narsinghani(Mah) bt Jai Pareek(Har) 6-1, 6-2;
Namish Sharma(UP) bt (Q)Pradyumna Tomar 6-0, 6-4;
Dhurv Sachdeva(Har)[5] bt (Q)Akshith Balasubramanian(Guj) 6-3, 6-4;
Arjun Rathi(Har)[6] bt Prabir Chavda(Guj) 6-2, 6-3;
Parth Deorukhkar(Mah) bt Vraj Gohil(Guj) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(1);
Tejas Ahuja(Har)[4] bt Dreek Saha(Mah) 6-3, 6-0;
(Q)Abhiram Nilakhe(Mah) bt Dikshan Chhikara(Har) 6-1, 6-1;
(Q)Avaneesh Chafle(Mah) bt Naishik Ganagama(TS) 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3;
Hrisheek Vavilapally bt (Q)Pranav Saravanakumar(Pud)6-3, 7-6(3);

Girls:
Maaya Rajeshwaran(TN) bt Jennika Jaison(Guj) 6-3, 6-3;
(Q)Amodini Naik((Kar) bt Janvi Asawa(Guj) 6-2, 6-0;
Siya Prasade(Mah) bt Aditi Tyagi(Har) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4;