Nandita, a trainee at the CAT Academy, Chennai took out the top-seeded Mumbai girl 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-4. In yet another surprise, the talented Ashutosh Singh took out father Balram Singh's trainee and under-16 top seed Parantap Chaturvedi in straight sets 6-4, 6-2, in the second round.

Meanwhile, the girls-16 and boys-14 events were not as turbulent despite the usual sprinkling of well contested three setters. Though he lost out to P Ravikrishnan in the under-16, Chennai's Avinash Reddy had reason to smile at the end of a long day, beating Chandigarh's Chatvinder Singh 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 in the under-14. In the girls -16 event too, Nandita had a good win against Rani Smita Jain, again in three sets.

Mumbai's Isha Lakhaniadavnced into the girls u-14 third round. In a second round match today, Isha squashed Priyanka Parekh 6-2, 6-4.

Results

First round Boys u-16: Avinash Reddy bt Jaco Mathew 1-6, 6-3, 6-1; Yogendra Naik bt Amanjot Singh 6-0, 1-6, 6-4; Harshit Sharma bt A Velmurugan 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4); Vivek Bhakuni bt Vivek Jhaveri 6-0, 6-1; S Hari bt Harnish Randhawa 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Benjamin Xavier bt Dhrub Kumar 6-3, 6-1.

Second round: Ashutosh Singh bt Parantap Chaturvedi 6-4, 6-2; Yogendra Naik bt Saurav Sakul 6-4, 6-2; P Ravikrishnan bt Avinash Reddy 6-4, 6-2; Anant Sitaram bt Shivang Mishra 6-3, 7-6(4); Benjamin Xavier bt C Hari 7-6(3), 6-0; Harshit Sharma bt Alok Bhide, Sunil Kumar bt Vivek Bhakuni 6-2, 6-2

Girls u-14 (first round): Nandita Chandrashekhar bt Teri Rai 6-2, 6-1; Shreen Yusuf bt Ronak Shah 6-1, 6-1; Pooja Shetty bt Nivedita V 7-6(5), 6-4; Saniz Mirza bt Sandra Sashidharan 6-1, 6-4; Ragini Vimal bt Neha Phalper 6-0, 6-4; Lata Assudani bt Ridhima Raina 6-2, 6-0; Isha Lakhani bt Akshata 6-3, 6-2;Noopur Desai bt Naina Karsolia 7-5, 6-1; Ankita Bhambri bt Medini Sharma 6-4, 6-4

Second round: Nandita Chandrashekhar bt Megha Vakharia 7-5, 6-7(3), 6-4; Shreen bt Noopur 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Ankita Bhambri bt Sharanya Pattabi 6-0, 6-3; Samrita Sekhar bt Pooja 6-1, 6-0; Preeti Rao bt Ragini 6-2, 6-4; Saniz Mirza bt Lata Assudani 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Sasha Abraham bt Krushmi Chadda 6-1, 6-1; Isha Lakhani bt Priyanka Parekh 6-2, 6-4.