RAMESH DESAI MEMORIAL NATIONAL UNDER-16 TENNIS

Krishan Hooda and Bhakti Parwani have been seeded No.1 in the 12th Ramesh Desai memorial, National sub-junior tennis championship being played at the CCI Complex in Mumbai from Monday.

The qualifying event proved very competitive, with Hitesh Yalamanchili, Aayush Bhat, Vedant Mestri, Thanushitha Galiveti and Mahi Panchal registering three-set victories in the third and final qualifying round, with most of them bouncing back after having los the first set.

Some of the players from the Asian under-14 event in Thailand over the last fortnight, Udit Gogoi, Renne Singla and Sanjana Sirimalla have joined the competition in strengthening the field.

The seedings:

Boys: 1. Krishan Hooda, 2. Udit Gogoi, 3. Sushant Dabas, 4. Divesh Gahlot, 5. S. Boopathy, 6. Arnav Pathange, 7. Dhruv Tangri, 8. Bhupender Dahiya.

Girls: 1. Bhakti Parwani, 2. Prerna Vichare, 3. Sunskruti Damera, 4. Sanya Singh, 5. Lakshmi Vutukuru, 6. Bela Tamhankar, 7. Srujana Rayarala, 8. Gargi Pawar.

The results:

Qualifying singles (third and final round):

Boys: Kritanta Sarma bt Karim Khan 7-5, 7-5; Yashraj Dalvi bt Rudra Bhatt 6-2, 7-6(2); Dhanush Patel bt Varun Golusupudi 6-2, 6-2; NIthilan Eric bt Arjun Shirgaokar 6-1, 6-2; Hitesh Yalamanchili bt Sandesh Kurale 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-0; Aayush Bhat bt Monil Lotlikar 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-2; Vedant Mestri bt Kafil Kadvekar 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2; Maanav Jain bt Daksh Agarwal 6-2, 6-1.

Girls: Suhitha Maruri bt Hetveer Chaudhari 6-1, 6-3; Swarda Parab bt Riya Bhosale 6-3, 6-1; Vipasha Mehra bt Mrunal Kurlekar 6-4, 6-1; Reshma Maruri bt Radhika Mahajan 6-2, 6-0; Thanushitha Galiveti bt Renee Sharma 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Akanksha NItture bt Lalitya Kalluri 6-2, 6-1; Vidhi Jain bt Riya Uboveja 6-2, 6-3; Mahi Panchal bt M. Harivarshine 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.