Pune lad Yashraj Dalvi, a wild card entrant, put up an impressive performance to advance to the final qualifying round of the MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise 12th Ramesh Desai Memorial CCI Nationals Under-16 (boys & girls) Tennis Tournament 2018. Yashraj played aggressively to tame Anmay Devraj of Karnataka 9-1 in a boys’ second round qualifying match, and played at the Cricket Club of India tennis courts on Saturday.
In the final qualifying round, Yashraj will meet second seed Rudra Bhatt of Gujarat, who came through defeating Maharashtra’s Nirav Shetyy 9-3.
In girls action, Maharashtra’s Harshita Bangera showed great determination to overcome Telangana’s Kumkum Neela 9-8(3) scoreline to advance to the second round.
However, Aarni Reddy Yellu also from Telangana tasted success as she managed to get the better of Delhi’s Vaibhavi Saxena 9-6 to progress to the second round.
Meanwhile, Karnataka’s Manaav Jain huffed and puffed before snatching a 9-8(6) win against a spirited Farhaan Patrawala of Gujarat in a marathon boys’ second round match.
Qualifying Results – Girls (1st round): Suhitha Maruri bt Raissa Dadhich 9-1, Saina Deshpande bt Joanne Fernandes 9-1, Riya Bhosale bt Lolakshi Kankariya 9-6, Swarda Parab bt Kyra Shetty 9-4, Maithili Mothe bt Kanjal Kank 9-0, Khushi Sharma bt Pia Kothari 9-2, Harshita Bangera bt Kumkum Neela 9-8(3), Reshma Maruri bt Divija Godse 9-3, Renee Sharma bt Gia Pereira 9-1, Aarni Reddy Yellu bt Vaibhavi Saxena 9-6, Mitali Shetty bt Mriga Rane 9-2, Akanksha Nitture bt Zia Jivan 9-2, Ilina Jha bt Gauri Mangaonkar 9-4, Harsshali Mandavkar bt Amisha Shukla 9-1, Harivarshine bt Madhurima Sawant 9-6, Mahi Panchal bt Maitreyi Phogat 9-0.
Boys (2nd round): Kritanta Sharma bt Leston Vaz 9-1, Karim Khan bt Ronin Lotlikar 9-5, Rudra Bhatt bt Nirav Shetty 9-3, Yashraj Dalvi bt Anmay Devraj 9-1, Krish Waghani bt Dhanush Patel 9-5, Eric Nithlani bt Viraaj Anandkumar 9-2, Arjun Shirgaonkar bt Viren Kumar 9-3, Sandesh Kurale bt Pranav Gadgil 9-1, Aashutosh K.P. bt Hitesh Yalamanchili 9-4, Monil Lotlikar bt Arjun Gohad 9-7, Daksha Agarwal bt Anargha Ganguly 9-2, Kafil Kadvekar bt Sahil Tambat 9-5, Aayush Bhatt bt Shivam Kadam 9-5, Vedant Mestri bt Anup Bangagri 9-5, Varun Golusupudi bt Athrava Salunkhe Patil 9-7, Maanav Jain bt Farhaan Patrawala 9-8(6).