Paramveer Bajwa pulled off an upset win over top seed Parikshit Somani in straight sets on the second day of Rendez-Vous, an event to get wild card for the junior French Open, here today.
The Chandigarh boy breezed past ten top seed Assamese 6-3 6-0 to make it to the quarterfinals on the new clay courts at DLTA.
In another match, Rishi Reddy came back from a set down to defeat Siddhant Banthia 5-7 6-2 6-2.
Earlier in the girls' event, fourth seeded Lalita Devarakonda from Andhra Pradesh defeated Aesha Patel 6-4 6-3 to make it to the quarters.
Other results:
BOYS:
Adil Kalyanpur (Karnataka) beat Shivadeep Kosharaju (Telangana) 6-3, 6-2
Alex Solanki (Delhi) beat SM Aditya (Maharashtra) - 7-5, 6-2
Sanil Jagtiani (West Bengal) beat Yugal Bansal (Delhi) - 6-2, 7-5
Shrey Gupta(Haryana) beat Dhruv Sunish(Maharashtra) - 6-4,7-5
GIRLS:
Humera Shaik(Andhra Pradesh) beat Aarja Chakraborty(UP)- 6-4,6-4
Rishika Ravindran beat Nida Shahid Kamal(Maharashtra) - 7-5,6-2
Sabhyata Nihalani(Delhi) beat Shivani Manjanna(Karnatak) - 6-1, 6-2
Akansha Bhan(Gujarat)beat Angella Raman - 6-7(5), 6-1,6-4
Abhinikka(Tamil Nadu) beat Smriti Singh(Haryana)- 6-0,6-0.
