Unseeded Naisha Srivastav of Karnataka grabbed all the attention as she registered a shock straight sets win against second seed Renee Singh of Rajasthan in girls’ singles second round match of the CCI 13th Ramesh Desai Memorial All India Nationals Under-16 Tennis Tournament 2019, organized by the Cricket Club of India and played at the CCI tennis courts on Tuesday.
Unseeded Naisha Srivastav of Karnataka scored shocked second seed Renee Singh of Rajasthan in girls’ singles second round match of the CCI 13th Ramesh Desai Memorial All India Nationals Under-16 Tennis Tournament 2019.
The lanky bespectacled Naisha ranked 65th in the AITA rankings played confidently, served consistently and dominated the rallies to unsettle Renee, who is ranked fifth, and cruised to a 6-4, 6-2 win to book her place in the last 16 round.
Meanwhile, top seed Sirimalla Sanjana of Telangana did not have to exert herself too much as she waltzed past Kanupriya Rajawat of Rajasthan winning 6-0, 6-0 in another second round match.
The boys’ events witnessed a major upset as the number one seed Udit Gogoi of Assam crashed at the first hurdle going down to Ayushmaan Arjeria of Madhya Pradesh in three hard-fought sets in a first round match which finished late Monday evening. Ayushmaan played steadily and won some close points to clinch a 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 victory.
Ayushmaan proved that his win over the top seed was no flash in the pan as he
Results – Girls singles (2nd round): 1-Sirimalla Sanjana (TS) beat Kanupriya Rajawat (RJ) 6-0, 6-0; S.R. Ananya (TN) beat Pavithra Narem (AP) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Divya Bhardwaj (GJ) beat Ishita Jadhav (MH) 6-1, 6-1; Karthika Vijay (TN) beat Radhika Mahajan (MH) 6-0, 6-0; Reshma Maruri (KA) beat Rutuja Chaphalkar (MH) 6-1, 6-1; Anjali Rathi (HR) beat Aarni Yellu (TS) 6-2, 6-0; Saniya Masand (KA) beat Hrudaya Shah (MH) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Pari Singh (HR) beat Deepshika Sriram (KA) 6-4, 6-2; Renne Singla (HR) beat Apurva Vemuri (TS) 6-1, 6-1; Lakshmi Arunkumar (TN) beat Mekhala Manna (WB) 6-3, 6-1; Abhaya Vemuri (TS) beat Sanvi Ahluwalia (DL) 6-2, 6-2; Vidhi Jani (GJ) beat Veda Raju Prapurna (TS) 7-5, 6-1; Jannat Anand (DL) beat Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH) 6-2, 6-3; Bhumika Tripathi (MH) beat Vaishnavi Adkar (MH) 6-3, 7-6(4); Tanushri Pandey (UP) beat Kavya Khirwar (DL) 4-6, 7-6(6) 6-1; Naisha Srivastav (KA) beat 2-Renee Singh (RJ) 6-4, 6-2.
Results – Boys singles (2nd round): Ayushmaan Arjeria (MP) beat Karim Alim Khan (MH) 6-1, 6-4; Yashraj Dalvi (MH) beat Shivam Kadam (MH) 6-2, 6-4; Karan Singh (HR) beat Kush Sharma (UP) 6-1, 6-1; Bushan Haobam (MN) beat Monil Lotlikar (KA) 6-2, 7-5; Dhruv Tangri (PB) beat Agriya Yadav (HR) 6-0, 6-0; Arjun Gohad (MH) beat Adhirit Awal (TN) 6-2, 6-2; Deep Munim (MP) beat Rishi Jalota (CH) 6-1, 6-3; Saheb Sodhi (MH) beat Kabir Chhabria (KA) 6-0, 6-2; Krishna Hooda (HR) beat Divgurjot Singh (PB) 6-3, 6-2; Aman Dahiya (HR) beat Kartik Saxena (DL) 6-1, 6-2; Ajay Singh (HR) beat Tushar Mittal (DL) 6-1, 6-0; Denim Yadav (MP) beat Sukhpreet Jhoje (CH) 6-1, 6-3; Anargha Ganguly (MH) beat Heerak Vora (GJ) 6-3, 6-3; Daksh Agarwal (MH) beat Faiz Nasyam (MH) 6-3, 6-4; Nithilan Eric (KA) beat Nitis Baalaji (TN) 7-5, 6-3; Chirag Duhan (HR) beat Nikhil Niranjan (KA) 6-4, 6-2.
Boys singles (1st round): Ayushmaan Arjeria (MP) beat Udit Gogoi (AS) 6-3, 4-6, 7-5; Dhruv Tangri (PB) beat Maanav Jain (KA) 6-1, 6-2; Agriya Yadav (HR) beat Sam Chawla (HR) 7-6(5), 6-3; Aman Dahiya (HR) beat Sahil Tambat (MH) 6-3, 6-4; Nithilan Eric (KA) beat Shravan Anand (TN) 6-1, 6-0; Nitis Baalaji (TN) beat Ronin Lotlikar (KA) 6-4, 6-4; Nikhil Niranjan (KA) beat Arjun Premkumar (KA) 6-2, 6-0; Chirag Duhan (HR) beat Jasmeet Duhan (HR) 6-0, 6-1.