Fancied players have it easy

Top-seeded Megh Bhargav Patel of Gujarat sailed into the second round of the boys singles in the 26th Adidas-MCC National Junior Clay Court tennis championship here today, with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Delhi's Shivank Bhatnagar.

Chandigarh's Rishab Sharda, seeded three, joined the no. 1 seed in the second round, with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Deepender Grewal.

Tamil Nadu lad V M Sandeep, sedeed 14, also advanced with a straight sets win over Aman Patel of Gujarat.

Earlier, Kundana Sri Bandaru, Mridula Palanivel of Tamil Nadu (in the girls section) and P Hitesh, Krishna T Raja and Sukunthan Elangeswaran (boys) qualified for the main draw.

 

Important results: Boys singles: Main draw (1st round): Megh Bhargav Kumar Patel bt Shivank Bhatnagar (Del) 6-2, 6-3; Yeswanth Loganathan (TN) bt Fardeen Qumar (Raj) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Atharva Sharma (Mah-S16) bt Rajesh Kannan R S (TN) 7-5, 7-6(3); Aaryan Mehul Zaveri (Guj-S12) bt DhruvTangri (Punjab) 6-4, 6-7(1), 7-5.

D Wadhwa (Del-S5) bt Nitin Jaipal Singh (Haryana) 6-3, 6-4; Rishabh Sharda (S3) bt Deepender Grewal (Haryana) 6-4, 6-1,; Subash Paramasivam (TN) bt Amandeep Singh Baha (Del) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Sandeep VM (TN-S14) bt Aman B Patel (Guj) 6-3, 6-3.

Divesh Gahlot (Haryana-S10) bt Sanjith Devineni (Kar) 6-1, 6-3;Aryan Ashwath Pathange (Kar) bt Oges Theyjo J (TN) 6-0, 6-7(5), 7-6(4); Ajay Malik (Haryana-S7) bt Arthav Neema (MP) 7-5, 6-1.