Chawla, Syeda topple seeds to move into last 16

Qualifier Bikramjeet Chawla and Syeda Shajiha Beg scalped seeded rivals to take spots in the third round of the 10th MSLTA-Yonex Sunrise Ramesh Desai U16 Tennis junior tennis nationals here today.
Delhi boy Chawla upset seventh seed Rohit Aynampudi of Andhra Pradesh 7-6(3) 6-4, while Syeda of AP shocked girls' third seed Shivani Ingle of Maharashtra 6-2 6-2.
Arjun Honnappa of Karnataka continued his good run to reach the round of sixteen after a tight 4-6 6-3 7-5 win over Shashikant Rajput of Haryana.
In another close match, ninth seed Karan Srivastava of Maharashtra prevailed 6-4 4-6 6-4 over Rhythm Malhotra of Delhi.

In girls' singles, no. 15 seed Kritika Chhabra of Maharashtra prevailed over Telangana's Lasya Patnaik 6-1 2-6 7-6(4) in a fiercely contested game, while 11th seed Sai Dedeepya held off the challenge from Gujarat's Maanya Viswanath 6-1 4-6 6-1 to make it to the third round.
Results (2nd Round): Boys singles: 1-Siddhant Banthia bt Vipul Mehta 6-2 6-0; Kevin Mrugesh bt Theyjo Oges 6-1 6-4; Dev Javia bt Iftikhar Shaikh 6-4 6-4; Arjun Honnappa bt Shashikant Rajput 4-6 6-3 7-5; 4-Aditya S M bt Kushal Yedla 6-3 6-2; 15-Aman Patel bt Aditya Balsekar 6-1 6-2; 9-Karan Srivastava bt Rhythm Malhotra 6-4 4-6 6-4; Bikramjeet Chawla bt Rohit Aynampudi 7-6(3) 6-4; Sanket Tomar bt 7-Ishan Sethi 6-3 6-3; 10-Rishabh Sharda bt Yashpaul Neeraj 6-2 6-1; 13-Atharva Sharma bt Aman Ayub Khan 6-1 7-6(5); 3-Abhimanyu Vannemreddy bt Siddharth Thakran 4-2 (conceded)

Girls singles: 1-Sama Sathwika bt Rachana Reddy 6-0 6-0; 15-Kritika Chhabra bt Lasya Patnaik 6-1 2-6 7-6(4); 9-Prinkle Singh bt Dharna Mudaliar 7-6(3) 6-1; 5-Humera Shaikh bt Apoorva S B 7-6(4) 6-0; 11-Dedeepya Sai bt Maanya Viswanath 6-1 4-6 6-1; 6-Akanksha A Bhan bt Prathiba Prasad 6-2 6-1; 4-Shivani Amineni bt Shreya Tatavarthy 6-1 6-0; 13-Shivani Sravya bt Richa Chougule 6-2 6-4; Syeda Shajiha Beg bt 3-Shivani Ingle 6-2 6-2.