Vaishnavi, Hana sail into second round of junior ITF tourney

Top seed Sri Vaishanavi strolled past her unseeded Indian compatriot Sruta Kirti Gunuganti, winning in a canter at 6-2 6-3.

Second seed Hana from Egypt enjoyed a much relaxed time in getting past India's Serah Menezes 6-1 6-2 at the Cricket Club of India's courts.

In the boys' competition, fifth seed Timur Khabibulin of Kazakhstan had an easy ride past India's Rishab Dev, winning 6-1 6-2.

In an all-India contest, Gnana Bhaskar staged a great recovery after being thrashed in the opening set to script a 0-6 6-3 6-3 victory against Sharvil Nawghare.

Results: Girls singles (1st round): 1-Vaishanavi Peddi Reddy (Ind) beat Sruta Kirti Gunuganti (Ind) 6-2 6-3; Yuchia Chen (Tpe) beat Riyaa B Vardhaan (Ind) 6-2 6-3; 2-Hana Mortagy (Egy) beat Serah Menezes (Ind) 6-1 6-2; Zeel Desai (Ind) beat Bharthi Bylapudi (Ind) 6-0 6-2; Snehal Mane (Ind) beat Aboli Goghari (Ind) 6-0 6-3.

Vasanti Shinde (Ind) beat Devanshi G Bhimjiyani (Ind) 6-2 6-3; 4-Treetha Iska (Ind) beat Aayshuree Narendra Bildhaiya (Ind) 6-0 6-3; Mihika Yadav (Ind) beat Raveena Reddy Somannagari (Ind)6-3 6-1; Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (Ind) beat Isha Budwal (Ind) 6-3 6-4; 7-Mahitha Dadi Reddy (Ind) beat Ramya Natrajan (Ind) 6-2 6-4; Pranjala Yadalapalli (Ind) beat Aastha Dargude (Ind) 6-1 6-2.

Boys singles (1st ound): Ansu Bhuyan (Ind) beat Jayesh Pungliya (Ind) 0-6 6-3 6-1; 5-Timur Khabibulin (Kza) beat Rishab Dev (Ind) 6-1 6-2; Aditya Deswal (Ind) beat Dhir Gala (Ind) 6-1 7-5.