In the boys singles, Anay Sumant (seed 8) lost to Aditya Jadhav in straight sets. All other top seeds progressed to the quarterfinal. The match of the day was between Nagpur lads Aniruddha Sakhare (seed 7) and Vivaan Parikh (the challenger) and this match went into three sets and lasted for two hours and 10 minutes. Pranav Gaikwad (seed 3) had to dig into his armour to beat Pune's Harsh Nagwani in straight sets (both tie-breaks) In the girls singles, all top seeds progressed to the quarterfinals. The only one who was tested was Vanya Pundir (seed 7) who was given a good fight by Nagpur's Nivanshi Devkate.
At this stage, the quarterfinal line up looks very imposing and we will wait to see what happens next. Nagpur's challenge is alive in Pranav Gaikwad (seed 3) and Aniruddha Sakhare (seed 7). In Girls, it is Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat (without Nagpur). The doubles event has started and seeded players are progressing well.
Results
Boys: Satya Parthiv Chintagunta beat Nihit Murarka 6-0, 6-0; Tejasav Meel beat Vihaan Saware 6-2, 6-0; Sujai Pothula beat Meeresh Girdhani 6-1, 6-2; Aditya Jadhav beat Anay Sumant 7-6(1), 6-1, Akhilesh Chavan beat Ansh Patel 6-0, 6-2; Pranav Gaikwad beat Harsh Nagwani 7-5, 7-5; Aniruddha Sakhare beat Vivaan Parikh 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-3; Aarav Chhallani beat Viraj Khanvilkar 6-3, 6-0
Girls singles: Parinitha Vattarambil beat Swara Padgilwar 6-0, 6-0; Asmi Pitre beat Insiyah Kamal 7-6(6), 6-1; Aditri Singh beat Ritika Deshpande 6-1, 6-1; Vanya Pundir beat Nivanshi Devkate 6-2,4-6,6-2; Priyadarshini Parte beat Lehkhisha PJ 6-3, 6-2; Chahat Thakur beat Swamini Khairnar 6-0, 6-0; Nakshatra Iyer beat Manasvi Fuke 6-0, 6-0; Falak Mehta beat Diha Sahare 6-1, 6-0