Look for future champions in Asian junior tennis

It will be another chance for the likes of defending champion Siddhant Banthia, national junior champions Megh Bhargav Patel, Sacchitt Sharma and the player with considerable potential Mann Shah to try and win the title in the HCL Asian junior tennis championship being played this week in Pune.

Even as he tries to break ground in the men’s circuit, Siddhant Banthia has been getting the matches in the junior circuit and had won the national title in the Fenesta championship in Delhi recently.

With Grand Slam experience behind him, Siddhant is trying to grasp every lesson he could from the junior circuit.
The challenge for the Indian boys will be mainly from the top three seets, Dostanbek Tashbulatov of Kazakhstan, Sergey Fomin of Uzbekistan and Han Seon Yong of Korea.

In the girls section, none of the Indian girls is seeded, despite the presence of the best ranked Indian junior Shivani Amineni (155).

Three of the best Indian girls Vaidehi Chaudhari, Akanksha Bhan and Tanisha Kashyap are not competing in the event, for a variety of reasons, leaving it to players like Salsa Aher, Kaavya Sawhney, Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty, Vipasha Mehra, Muskan Gupta, Smriti Bhasin, Malikaa Marathe and Sharannya Gaware to prove the tenacity of the Indian players.

Of course, the likes of Gargi Pawar, Prerna Vichare and Bhakti Parwani are capable of asserting their game, if they play with conviction.

Overall, it should be an interesting week of action, that can provide a lot of clue to the future of Indian tennis.

The seedings:

Boys: 1. Dostanbek Tashbulatov (Kaz), 2. Sergey Fomin (Uzb); 3. Han Seon Yong (Kor), 4. Siddhant Banthia, 5. Megh Bhargav Patel, 6. Sacchitt Sharma, 7. Mann Shah, 8. Thantub Suksumrarn (Tha).

Girls: 1. Hong Yi Cody Wong (Hkg), 2. Himari Sato (Jpn), 3. Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha), 4. Priska Madelyn Nugroho (Ina), 5. Mana Kawamura (Jpn), 6. Funa Kozaki (Jpn), 7. Jiaqi Wang (Chn), 8. Mai Napatt Nirundorn (Tha).

The results:

Boys:
Qualifying singles (third and final round): Sushant Dabas bt Fardeen Qamar 7-6(5), 6-3; Krish Patel bt Kushan Shah 6-3, 6-3; subash Paramasivam bt Denim Yadav 6-3, 6-4; Nishant Dabas bt VM Sandeep 6-4, 6-2.

Second round: Fardeen Qamar bt Girish Chougule 6-1, 6-1; Sushant Dabas bt Yash Chaurasia 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-2; Krish Patel bt Sarthak Suden -3, 7-6(6); Kushan Shah bt Tanik Gupta 6-0, 6-1; Denim Yadav bt Abhishek Mangale 6-1, 6-3; Subash Paramasivam bt Jagtar Arora 5-7, 6-4, 7-5; VM Sandeep bt Tarush Bagai 6-3, 6-3; Nishant Dabas bt Boopathy Sakthivel 6-0, 6-2.

First round: Girish Chougule bt Akhilendran Indrabalan 6-3, 6-2; Yash Chaurasia bt Tushar Madan 6-3,2 -6, 6-3; Sushant Dabas bt Amaan Adil Tezabwala 6-0, 6-1; Sarthak Suden bt Hritesh Balmiki 6-4, 6-4; Tanik Gupta bt Aditya Kodakalla 6-1, 6-4; Kushan Shah bt Anargha Ganguly 6-2, 6-2; Denim Yadav bt Arjun Gohad 6-3, 6-2; Abhishek Mangale bt Hansh Kartikey Vadlamani 6-0, 6-2; Subash Paramasivam bt Shashwat Raman 6-0, 6-0; Jagtar Arora bt Aditya Katticaren 6-2, 6-1; VM Sandeep bt Karthikneal Vaddepalli 6-2, 6-1; Tarun Bagai bt Shreejit Sen 6-0, 7-6(5); Boopathy Sakthivel bt Aditya Vishal Balsekar 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; NIshant Dabas bt Rishi Jalota 6-1, 6-2.

Girls:
Qualifying singles (third and final round): Sevil Yuldasheva (Uzb) bt Bhakti Shah 6-4, 6-4; Priyanshi Bhandari bt Vidhi Jani 6-1, 6-3; Archita Mahalwal bt Malvika Shukla 6-4, 2-6, 6-0; Prerna Vichare bt Yashaswini Panwar 6-2, 6-2.

Second round: Sevil Yuldasheva (Uzb) bt Vaishnavi Adkar 7-5, 2-6, 7-6(0); Bhakti Shah bt Mrunmayee Bhagwat 6-2, 6-0; Vidhi Jani bt Pooja Ingale 6-4, 7-6(7); Priyanshi Bhandari bt Jagmeet Kaur Grewal 6-0, 6-3; Malvika Shukla bt Lagan Bidhan 6-1, 6-0; Archita Mahalwal bt Aarya Sachin Patil 6-3, 6-1; Prerna Vichare bt Bela Tamhankar 6-2, 6-3; Yashaswini Panwar bt Vanshita Pathania 6-3, 6-2.

First round: Vaishnavi Adkar bt Bipasha Mehn 6-2, 6-3; Mrunmayee Bhagwat bt Subhrata Subharanjali 7-6(6), 6-3; Vidhi Jani bt Vaidehi Katkar 6-1, 6-1; Jagmeet Kaur Grewal bt Sneha Ranade 6-4, 6-0; Priyanshi Bhandari bt Richa Chougule 6-2, 6-1; Lagan Bidhan bt Ila Abhay Dadhe 6-4, 6-2; Aarya Sachin Patil bt Sanvi Ahluwalia 6-1, 7-6(2); Archita Mahalwal bt Khushi Sharma 6-0, 6-0; Bela Tamhankar bt Vyomaa Bhaskar 6-2, 6-0; Vanshita Pathania bt Rushika Doifode 6-1, 6-0; Yashaswini Panar bt Abhisha Raikwar 6-1, 6-1.