Aditya Vardhan knocks out second seed; Bhakti fights her way through

Adtya Vardhan Roy Chowdhury knocked out second seed Fardeen Qamar 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-3 in the boys first round of the ITF grade-5 junior tennis tournament at the Shanti Academy courts on Tuesday.

However, top seed Denim Yadav blanked qualifier Sameer Mohammed to set up a second round against Arjun Sriram of the US.

In the girls section, second seed Bhakti Parwani battled past lucky loser Maitree Diksha Rout 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

The results (first round):

Boys: Denim Yadav bt Sameer Mohammed 6-0, 6-0; Aditya Vardhan Roy Chowdhury bt Fardeen Qamar 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-3.

Girls: Smriti Bhasin bt Niyati Kukreti 6-3, 6-3; Prerna Vichare bt Ameek Kiran Batth 6-4, 6-2; Elf Sanem Karadag (TUR) bt Sana Khanna 7-6(5), 6-2; Renne Singla bt Harleen Kaur 6-1, 6-2; Juliette Bovy (BEL) bt Mekhala Manna 6-1, 6-1; Bhakti Parwani bt Maitree Diksha Rout 6-3,
1-6, 6-3.