Pune, April 18, 2026: Indian boy Ribhav Saroha (World Junior Ranking 2415) upset fifth seed Heaton Pann of Australia (World Junior Ranking 371) 6-3, 7-5 to move into the second round of qualifying at the MSLTA Deccan Gymkhana Asia Oceania B1 Junior Tennis Championships. The tournament is organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association and Deccan Gymkhana, in association with PYC Hindu Gymkhana, and is being played on the Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts.
In another upset, Japan’s Mao Tazuru defeated seventh seed Tanussh Ghildyal of India 4-6, 6-1, 10-6 in a closely fought match.
Local boys Vishwajeet Sanas, Varad Undre, and Ayan Shetty also advanced into the second round of qualifying.
Results — First Round Qualifying:
Boys:
Har Abir Sekhon (AUS) [1] bt Pradnyesh Shelke (IND) 6-0, 6-3;
Vishvajeet Sanas (IND) bt Surya Kakade (IND) 6-4, 3-6, 10-5;
Kuranosuke Suzuki (JPN) bt Sharan Somasi (IND) 6-4, 6-3;
Aditya Mor (IND) [8] bt Yashwin Dahiya (IND) 7-6(8), 6-1;
Praneel Sharma (IND) [2] bt Om Verma (IND) 6-3, 6-2;
Dev Patel (IND) [3] bt Swaraaj Dhamdhere (IND) 7-6(2), 6-2;
Om Patel (IND) bt Aarav Chawla (IND) 4-6, 7-6(5), 10-8;
Ayan Shetty (IND) bt Vivaan Bidasaria (IND) 6-3, 6-4;
Ribhav Saroha (IND) bt Heaton Pann (AUS) [5] 6-3, 7-5;
Panshul Uboveja (IND) bt Advit Tiwari (IND) 6-1, 6-0;
Eita Suzuki (JPN) bt Aum Thakkar (IND) 6-0, 6-0;
Sehun Park (AUS) [4] bt Viren Suryavanshi (IND) 6-0, 2-6, 10-6;
Varad Undre (IND) bt Srikar Doni (IND) 7-6(2), 6-3;
Mao Tazuru (JPN) bt Tanussh Ghildyal (IND) [7] 4-6, 6-1, 10-6;
Girls:
Tamanna Nair (IND) bt Arunima Roy (IND) 6-2, 6-1;
Savitha Bhuvaneswaran (IND) bt Ritu Gyan (IND) 6-3, 6-1;
Nanayo Wada (JPN) [7] bt Mariya Patel (IND) 4-6, 6-3, 10-7;
Tanusshri Sathesh (IND) bt Sara Fengse (IND) 6-1, 6-1;
Pavitar Kaur Pansi (AUS) [3] bt Sanmitha Harini (IND) 6-1, 6-4;
Eshal Pathan (IND) bt Saanvi Raju (IND) 2-6, 6-2, 12-10.