Riaan upsets top seed to enter Boys QF at 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Under 12 Tennis Championship 2025

Pune, February 12, 2025: 4th seeded Riaan Nandankar of Gujarat upset top seeded Thanush Shekhar BC of Karnataka 6-2, 6-3 to enter the Boys singles quarterfinal at the 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Under 12 Tennis Championship 2025 being organised by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and played at GA Ranade Tennis Courts.

In the girls event, Meera Singh continued her upset spree tackling 16th seeded Asees Brar of Punjab 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. In the biggest upset of the day unseeded Chahat Thakur upset 3rd seed Falak Mehta of Gujarat  6-1, 6-3 while in an all Maharashtra match 12th seed Trisha Bhosale registered a 6-1, 6-3 upset over 5th seed Sara Fengse to enter the quarterfinals

In the boys section, 2nd seed Arjun Dua , 3rd seed Nayan Khatri, 10th seeded Tegveer Singh all of Delhi, 5th seeded Nihal Reddy of Karnataka,  6th seeded Senthil Kumar Jegan of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra players Yashvantraje Pawar and Laqshaya Tripathi were the other boys to enter the quarter finals rounds

Results:

Pre-Quarterfinal Round: Girls:

Aaradhana Tehlan(1)(Har) bt Ruhi Singh(15)(Kar)6-2, 6-3;

 Bhrithi Velladandi(6) bt Aneeksha Gavinolla(Kar) 6-2, 6-4; 

Myra Shaikh(4)(Mah) bt Priyal Saraf(Kar) 6-2, 6-2;

Priyangsi Chatterjee(8)(WB) bt Kiara Sharma(UP) 6-3, 6-0;

Trisha Bhosale(12)(Mah) bt Sara Fengse(5)(Mah) 6-1, 6-3;

Kanishka Govind(7)(TN) bt Nakshatra Iyer(9) 6-2, 6-3; 

Meera Singh(UTK) bt Asees Brar(16)(Punjab) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1;

Chahat Thakur(Mah) bt Falak Mehta(3)(Guj) 6-1, 6-3;

Boys:

Riaan Nandankar(14)(Guj) bt Thanush Shekhar BC(1)(Kar)6-2, 6-3;

Tegveer Singh(10)(Delhi) bt Shaurya Gadade(Mah) 7-5, 6-4;

Nayan Khatri(3)(Del) bt Yuvraaj Singh(UP)6-2, 6-2;

Nihal Reddy(5)(Kar) bt Kabir Dahiya(9)(Har) 6-3, 6-2;

Senthil Kumar Jegan(6)(TN) bt Harsh Bansal(12)(Raj) 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-3;

Arjun Dua(2)(Del) bt Aarav Bele(Mah) 6-4, 6-3;

Yashvantraje Pawar(7)(Mah) bt Mohammed Aheel(11)(TS) 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-2;

Laqshaya Tripathi (4)(Mah) bt Anup Rishabh(Mah) 6-2, 6-1;

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