Seeded players through to Rd 2
Third seed Siddharth Rawat from Uttar Pradesh had to dig deep into his reserves before outsmarting Kaza V. Sharma from Andhra Pradesh 6- 4, 7- 5 in the men’s singles first round of the Fenesta Open national tennis championship here on Tuesday.
After a shaky start
S i d d h a r t h used his cool temperament to advance into the second round.
F o r m e r c h a m p i o n
V. M. Ranjeet showed he still has gas left in him as he moved past Prithvi S. in straight sets on a warm and sunny day at the DLTA complex.
Former national champion Mohit Mayur beat last year’s U- 16 national champion Dakshineshwar Suresh 6- 3,62. Sixth seed Ramya Natrajan after moving from qualifying draw into the main draw beat state mate Prathyusha Rachap of Tamil Nadu 6- 3, 6- 1 while Muskan Gupta from Delhi ousted Mihika Yadav 63,6- 1.
Fifth seed Humera Shaik survived scare before she o v e r c o m e u n s e e d e d Pratibha P. Narayan 7- 6 ( 6), 0- 6, 6- 3.
Delhi girl Shweta Rana beat Ayushi Tanwar from Rajasthan 6- 1, 6- 4 to advanve into second round.
In the under- 18 boys section, top seed Siddhant B h a n t i a defeated Delhi’s Rohan Mehra 6- 2, 6- 3 in the second round. “To play against last year’s runner- up was not easy. I came into the match with self- belief,” said Siddhant.
In the Girls U- 18, Humera had an easy win against Chavvi Rathi 6- 1,6- 0.