Pune, April 20, 2026: Indian girls Diya Ramesh and Jensi Kanabar moved into the second round of the girls singles event at the MSLTA Deccan Gymkhana Asia Oceania B1 Junior Tennis Championships organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association and Deccan Gymkhana, in association with PYC Hindu Gymkhana, and played on the Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts.
In the opening round, seventh seed Diya Ramesh was given a fight by Australia’s Emilie Chen before winning 6-1, 7-6(0), while upcoming youngster Jensi Kanabar pulled off a 6-4, 6-2 win against Satima Toregen of Kazakhstan. In the boys section, Riku Nakamoto of Japan upset sixth seed Aradhya Kshitij 6-1, 6-3, while Eva Korysheva of Kazakhstan upset fifth seed Miku Kitaoka of Japan 6-2, 7-5 to make it to the round of sixteen.
The tournament was inaugurated by Mr. Sunder Iyer, Hon. Secretary of MSLTA; Mr. Mihir Kelkar, Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana; Mr. Girish Inamdar, Finance Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana; Dr. Vikrant Sane, Tennis Secretary of Deccan Gymkhana; and ITF Supervisor Leena Nageshkar.
Results — Main Draw:
Boys Singles — First Round:
Hyu Kawanishi (JPN) [1] bt Alex Lap Hang Hui (HKG) 6-4, 6-2
Cody Atkinson (NZL) bt Roger Koike (JPN) 3-6, 7-6(0), 6-0
Junseo Jang (KOR) bt Ethan Domingo (AUS) 6-0, 6-0
Riku Nakamoto (JPN) bt Aradhya Kshitij (IND) [6] 6-1, 6-3
Nikolas Baker (AUS) [8] bt Koyu Yanagi (JPN) 7-6(5), 6-2
Eito Komada (JPN) bt Mannan Agarwal (IND) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Ymerali Ibraimi (AUS) [7] bt Neel Kelkar (IND) 6-0, 6-3
Seung-Min Oh (KOR) bt Kensuke Kobayashi (JPN) 6-0, 6-3
Jake Dembo (AUS) [4] bt Aditya Mor (IND) 6-3, 6-3
Girls Singles — First Round:
Mai Sasaki (JPN) bt Yerkezhan Zhanatayeva (KAZ) 6-2, 7-5
Lisa Anzai (JPN) bt Daania Daniella Hazli (MAS) 6-3, 6-3
Miyu Nishiwaki (JPN) bt Angel Warang (AUS) 6-1, 7-5
Eva Korysheva (KAZ) bt Miku Kitaoka (JPN) [5] 6-2, 7-5
Jensi Kanabar (IND) bt Satima Toregen (KAZ) 6-4, 6-2
Siyoen Sim (KOR) [4] bt Prisha Shinde (IND) 6-2, 7-5
Riyo Yoshida (JPN) [1] bt Aishwarya Jadhav (IND) 6-1, 6-2
Riho Goto (JPN) bt Jannat Chiripal (IND) 6-0, 6-1
Diya Ramesh (IND) [7] bt Emilie Chen (AUS) 6-1, 7-6(0)
Boys Doubles — First Round:
Riku Nakamoto / Yoshihiro Sakurai (JPN) bt Dev Patel / Panshul Uboveja (IND) 5-7, 6-4, 10-5
Da Costa Rafalentino Ali (INA) / Raphael Savell (AUS) bt Cho Min Hyuk / Kim Tae Woo (KOR) [4] 6-3, 7-5
Girls Doubles — First Round:
Savitha Bhuvaneswaran / Misaki Yamagishi (IND) bt Dia Agarwal / Tanishca T. (IND) 6-0, 6-2