Wild card Shukrit Guha defeated sixth seed from Rajasthan Arpit Sharma 6-4, 6-2 in the first round before going down to Ayush Dharewa 4-6, 1-6 in the pre quarter-finals of the boys’ singles Under-18 event.

Qualifier Ansh Patel from Gujarat defeated seventh seeded Rithvik Anand from Tamil Nadu 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. In the third upset of this event, Om Dalvi of Maharashtra ousted the eighth seeded Pradeep Deswal of Andhra in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

In the boys’ singles Under-14 event, Shakti Ray of Orissa upset the sixth seed Tamil Nadu boy Venkkata N Ramanan 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals.

In the girls’ singles Under-14 round, Hanisha Vasi Reddy of Andhra Pradesh defeated the seventh seed from Maharashtra Ishika Chakraborty 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

In the girls’ singles Under-18 circuit, Lavanya Sarvanan of Tamil Nadu ousted the fourth seed from Bihar Sripriya Sarraf 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 and then beat Snigdha Kapoor 6-1, 6-3 to book a quarter-final berth. Local girl Arundhuti Basu, a wild card, defeated fifth seed Vidya Bharath of Karnataka 6-2, 6-0. Another wild card Megha Sehrawat of Delhi got the better of eighth seed Aandrita Deb of Kolkata 6-4, 6-1 and Shreya Pasricha of Uttar Pradesh disposed off the sixth seed from Bihar Taniya Hassan 6-0, 6-0.

Today’s results:
Boys’ Singles Under 14 First Round: Ishaque Eqbal (7)(131) beat Nikunj Poddar (WC) (256) 6-1,6-3; Raghav Nevatia (LL)(439) beat Rakesh Yadav (LL)(617) 2-6,6-3,7-5.

Boys’ Singles Under 14 Pre Quarter Finals: Nishath Anthony Rebello (1) (AP) (64) beat Aayush Poddar (WC) (222) 6-0,6-1; Ishaque Eqbal (7)(131) beat Adwithya Pattnaik (Ori) (177); Ishank Ravi (4)(Bih)(88) beat Raghav Nevatia (LL)(439) 6-1,6-1; Shakti Ray (Ori) (185) N Venkkata Ramanan (6) (TN) (126) 2-6,6-2,7-5; N Ashwin Srivathsaav (Q) (TN) (234) beat Nishat Eqbal (163) 6-4,6-4; P. Vignesh Prabhu (3) (TN) (84) beat Abilash Mishra (Q) (Ori) (314) 6-0,6-1; Rahul Somani (8) (AP) (138) beat Aditya Deswal (UP) (231) 6-3,7-5; Kuwar Singh Tater (2)(Q)(Asm)(65) beat Najib Islam (Q)(292) 7-6(7-2),6-4.

Boys’ Singles Under 18 First Round: Sanjib Regius Kerketta (5)(127) beat Nikunj Poddar (Q) 6-1,6-1; Sattwik Sinha Ray (WC)(216) beat Rohit Rampuria (180) 6-2,6-0; Shukrit Guha (WC)(234) beat Arpit Sharma (6)(Raj)(137) 6-4,6-2; Om Dalvi (Mah)(213) beat P. Vignesh Prabhu (Q)(TN) 7-5,6-3.

Boys’ Singles Under 18 Pre Quarter Finals: Bibaswan Deb (1)(64) beat Ranveer Shrivastav (WC)(174) 6-2,6-3; Sanjib Regius Kerketta (5)(127) beat Udhav Gupta (Q)(200) 6-2,6-3; Pushkar Prateek Baxi (3)(Cg)(103) beat Sattwik Sinha Ray (WC)(216) 6-3,6-3; Ayush Dharewa (158) beat Shukrit Guha (WC)(234) 6-4,6-1; Ansh Patel (Q)(Guj)(314) beat Rithvik Anand (7)(TN)(143) 4-6,6-4,6-2; Prem Singh (4)(126) beat Zoyein Patel (Q)(Mah) 6-4,6-0; Om Dalvi (Mah)(213) beat Pradeep Deswal (8)(AP)(150) 6-3,6-3; Sunny Dahiya (2)(Har)(93) beat Subhodeep Ghosh (244) 6-3,4-6,6-1.

Girls Singles Under 14 First Round: Shiuli Dasgupta (307) beat Abhilipsa Rath (Ori) 6-2,7-5; Hanisha Vasi Reddy (AP)(307) beat V Surya Narayani (TN)(437) 2-6,6-3,6-2.

Girls Singles Under 14 Pre Quarter Finals: Megha Sehrawat (1) (Dli) (14) beat Priyam Periwal (307) 6-0,6-1; Adrita Banerjee (6)(103) beat Nilbha Kumar 6-0,6-0; Lavaya Saravanan (3)(TN)(61) beat Shiuli Dasgupta (307) 6-2,6-0; Aandrita Deb (5)(91) beat Mehak Sekhani (297) 6-2,6-0; Bhavya Wadhawan (8)(Chd)(146) beat Nidhi Surapaneni (AP) (326) 6-2,6-1; Devanshi Bhimjyani (4)((mah)(83) beat Shreya Das (194) 6-0,6-3; Hanisha Vasi Reddy (AP)(307) beat Ishika Chakraborty (7) (Mah)(134) 4-6,6-3,6-3; Shreya Pasricha (2)(UP)(40) beat Marium Javed (519) 6-0,6-0.