Top seeds B R Nikshep of Karnataka and Iska Akshara of Andhra Pradesh scored convincing victories to move to the third round of the boys and girls singles events respectively of the 7th Ramesh Desai Memorial All India National Ranking Juniors Tennis Championship today.
Nikshep had things very much under control as he defeated Christian Cummings of Maharashtra in straight sets - 6-1, 6-1. Akshara also enjoyed an easy outing as she tamed Tamil Nadu's A Shameema 6-0, 6-3 at the Cricket Club of India courts in South Mumbai.
Results: Boys under-16 (2nd round): B R Nikshep (Kar) bt Christian Cummings (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Raghav Jaisinghani (MP) bt Utsav J Patel (Guj) 6-1, 6-1; Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Chinmay Dev Chauha (UP) 6-3, 6-1; Dhruv Pal (Uttaranchal) bt Kushan Nath (Del) 7-6(2), 6-2; Aditya Ghokale (Mah) bt Manaz M (TN) 6-0, 6-3.
Girls under-16 (2nd round): Iska Akshara (AP) bt A Shameema (TN) 6-0, 6-3; Priyanka Kalita ((Asm) bt Shweta Sen (WB) 6-1, 6-1; Jennifer Luikhama (Har) bt Kanishka N Chawla (Mah) 6-2, 6-2; Vanishka Sawhney (Del) bt Simran Kejriwal (Mah) 7-5, 1-6, 6-0.
