Varshith rallies to enter round two of U-14 tennis tournament

Varshith Kumar Marreddy edged out Arnav Oruganti 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 to enter round two of the boys singles at the MSLTA KPIT Arun Wakankar Memorial ATF Asian under 14 Series Tennis Tournament today.

In two other close matches, sixth seeded Manuel Josh of Great Britain came back from loss of first set to get past Vineeth Mutyala 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, while Samar Malhotra of India got the better of Eshan Degamwar of Ireland 3-6, 6-0, 6-1.

In other matches, second seed Krishang Raghuvanshi survived a fighting wildcard Aditya Iyer 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 to make it to round two, and Pune boy and Under 12 national champion Manas Dhamne moved into the second round with ease, accounting for Sudhanshu Sawant 6-0, 6-2.

 

Local girl Ruma Gaikaiwari, who was rewarded with a wildcard for finishing No.1 in Pune district, outplayed another wildcard Tamanna Saini 6-1, 6-2 to enter the second round in the girls' section.

The results: Boys Under 14 (1st round):

Shivam Kadam (Ind)(1) bt Aryan Sutar (Ind)6-1, 6-3; (WC) Siddharth Marathe (Ind) bt (Q) Aryan Hood (Ind)6-2, 6-1; (Q)Joshua Eapen (Ind) bt Jaishnav Shinde (Ind)6-2, 6-1; Daksh Agarwal (Ind)(5) bt Navya Verma (Ind)6-2, 6-4; Anargha Ganguly (Ind)(3) bt Arnav Paparkar(Ind)6-2, 6-1; Ishan Jigali (Ind) bt Ishan Godhbharle (Ind)3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Manuel Josh (GB)(6) bt Vineeth Mutyala (Ind)5-7, 6-2, 6-2; Manas Dhamne (Ind) bt Sudhanshu Sawant (Ind)6-0, 6-2; Samar Malhotra (Ind) bt Eshan Degamwar (Ireland) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1; Pranav Gadgil (Ind) bt Sparsh Parmar (Ind) 6-2, 6-2; Nithis Nallusamy (Ind)(4) bt Aryan Kotasthane (Ind) 6-2, 6-3; Varshith Kumar Marreddy (Ind) bt Arnav Oruganti (Ind) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1; Krishang Raghuvanshi (Ind) (2) bt Aditya Iyer (Ind )4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Girls under 14: Pari Singh (Ind)(1) bt Ishanya Hatankar (Ind)6-2, 6-0; Saumya Ronde (Ind)(7) bt Nupur Gupta (Ind) 6-2, 6-1; Abinaya Sweeton (Canada)(6) bt Shreyaa Goutham (Ind)6-0, 6-1; Shrwani Khawale (Ind) bt (Q)Suhani Suhanimadan (Ind) 6-1, 6-2; Shruti Ahlawat (Ind)(3) bt Madhruima Sawant (Ind) 6-1, 6-0; Ruma Gaikaiwari (Ind) bt (WC) Tamanna Saini (Ind) 6-1, 6-2; Kashish Bote (Ind) bt Sanjivani Kutwal (Ind) 6-0, 6-0.