New Delhi: Parikshit Somani is enjoying the long hours in the Delhi sun in the Fenesta Open National tennis championship. After winning the boys under-18 doubles title on Friday with Adil Kalyanpur, it was turn for the top seed in under-16 to hit the cruise button.
On Monday, Parikshit had no trouble in defeating Saurav Kal 6-3, 6-1 in the boys' under16 first round as he began his title campaign in style. The first day action in the junior events was jam packed with courts buzzing with activity.
Parikshit realised that it was better to conserve his energy as he pulled through the first hurdle without much fuss. Mrityunjay Badola also had an easy outing in the same section (under-16) as he defeated Shubham Malhotra 6-4, 6-1 while Kushal Yedla faced some resistance in the first set before winning 7-5, 6-2 against Amit Beniwal.
In the boys' under-14 first round, top sees Himanshu Mor pulled off a 6-3, 7-6 (7/0) win against Adarsh Naga while third seed Vipul Mehta ended up on the losing side against Sarthak Suden.
In the girls'under-14 first round, top seed Prinkle Singh got a first round bye while Malika Marathe thumped Anushka Sharma 6-0, 6-0. Other winners included Annu Verma, Nisha Rani and Damini Hoon.
Boys Under 16 -
Parikshit Somani (Seed 1) bt Saurav Kal 6-3, 6-1
Mrityunjay Badola bt Shubham Malhotra 6-4, 6-1
Kushal Yedla bt Amit Beniwal 7-5, 6-2
Boys under 14
Himanshu Mor (Seed 1) bt Adarsh Naga 6-3, 7-6 (0); Sacchitt Sharrma(Seed 2) bt Bhavesh Agarwal 6-2, 6-4; Sarthak Suden bt Vipul Mehta (Seed 3) 6-3, 6-0 ;Dev Javaia (Seed 4) bt Harsh Negi 6-0, 6-4; Shashank Theertha (Seed bt Samaar Raina 6-2, 6-4 ;Alagappan Kanagasabai bt Chaitanya Choudhary 6-1, 6-1 ;Naresh Badgujar bt Rudra Kapoor 6-1, 6-4; Shashikant Rajput bt Krish Patel 6-3, 6-2; Hritik Rana bt Sandeep V M 7-6(5), 6-0; Ishan Sethi bt Prasanna Bagade 6-0, 6-1; Vikramjit Chawla bt Varun Durai 6-2, 6-1; Kevin Patel bt Harshit Yadav 6-2, 6-2; Aman Patel bt Shaurya Piplani 6-3, 6-1; Rhythm Malhotra bt Vansh Bhagtani 6-0, 6-3; Dhrumil Thakkar bt Amrut J Mohanty 6-2, 6-1; Kanishk Pal bt Drona Walya 7-6 (5), 3-1 (Retd); Abdul Khan bt Gaurav Purva 6-4, 7-6(7); Mann Shah bt Jagtar Arora 6-4, 6-3; Jaishvin Sidana bt Amaan Tezabwala 6-1, 6-4; Dhruv Tangri bt Asaf Kumar 7-6(6), 6-2; Dinesh Gehlot bt Devyansh Agrahari 6-4, 6-0 ;Madhwin Kamath bt Karan Parashar 6-0, 6-0; Mandip Jaisawal bt Aryan Pandit 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2; Sanskar Jaiswani bt Ajay Malik 6-4, 6-2 ;Rithvik Chaudhry bt Denim Yadav 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 ;Ushan Shah bt Aakarshit Mahajan 7-5, 6-1 ;Vipinder Garewal bt Tejaswi Mehra 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 ;Aryan Zaveri bt Boopathi 6-3, 6-1; Siddhanth Bhvnani bt Akash Alhawat 6-1, 6-4; Uddaiyvair Singh bt Shubham Saini 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Girls under 14
Prinkle Singh Seed 1 gets a BYE; Annu Verma bt Shrishti Dhir 6-0, 6-1; Sandipti Rao bt Prerna Vichare 6-2, 6-3; Manya Vishwanath bt Ashmita Kaur 6-2, 6-3; Damini Hoon bt Sambhavi Tiwari 6-0, 6-1; Nisha Rani bt Kashish Bhatia 6-1, 6-3; Malika Marathe bt Anushka Sharma 6-0, 6-0
