New Delhi: Ronak Manuja got the better of Rakshay Thakkar (4-6, 7-5, 7-5), while S.V. Abhishek beat Shahbaz Khan 6-0, 6-4 in the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship that got underway at the DLTA Tennis Complex on Monday. However, it was young Mohit Mayur who hogged the limelight on Day One as beat eighth-seed Ajai Selvaraj (6-3, 6-3) and later won his under-18 boys' round with ease.

In other upset of the day, Saketh Myneni defeated former men’s champion Vijay Kannan 6-4, 6-3. Meanwhile Ankit Sachdeva got the better of Saurabh Patil 7-5, 6-1 and Lakshit Sood defeated Vinod Gowda 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2.

Results: Men: First round: Ronak Manuja bt Rakshay Thakkar 4-6, 7-5, 7-5; S.V. Abhishek bt Shahbaz Khan 6-0, 6-4; Kunal Anand bt Mohammed Fariz 6-1, 6-4; Elwin Antony bt Tymothy Reynold 6-0, 6-0; Mohit Mayur bt Ajai Selvaraj 6-3, 6-3; Saketh Myneni bt Vijay Kannan 6-4, 6-3; Ankit Sachdeva bt Saurabh Patil 7-5, 6-1; Lakshit Sood bt Vinod Gowda 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2.

Women: Third and final qualifying round: Isha Lakhani bt Arushi Sharma 6-1, 6-1; Prarthana Thombare bt Soniya Dayal 6-2, 6-3; Amrita Mukherjee bt Sahan Shetty 6-1, 6-1; Arantxa Andrady bt Amala Amol Warrick 6-4, 6-3; Likitha Shetty bt Sansitha Nandakumar 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Namita Bal bt Rinisha 6-2, 6-1; Nova Patel bt Preethi Ujjini 6-1, 6-3; Ravnoor Kaur bt Manya Nagpal 6-4, 2-6, 6-1. U-18: