Seeds sail smoothly on Day 1

Among the boys, seeded players like Kabiir Panchmatia, Sussrut Jadhav, Ahaan Nargolkar, Avi Sood, Aarav Pannikar, Hrivaan Mehta, Sarvesh Mohite and Riaan Patil made it to the quarterfinals and those who made it to the semifinals are Kabir Panchmatia (S1), Ahaan Nargolkar (S3), Hrivaan Mehta (S13) and Riaan Patil (S2).

In the girls category, top seed Jyotishika Arekanti had an easy day through to the semifinals, where she was joined by Anaysha Chaphalkar. In the other semifinal, Avni More will face second seed Nidhi Patil. Earlier in the quarterfinals, Jyotishika beat Aanisha 6-0 and Anaysha beat Arhasee 6-3. In the other quarterfinal, Avni More beat Navisha Jejani 6-0 while Nidhi Patil beat Aava Taneja 6-1.

A total of 36 boys and 23 girls are participating and have come from Mumbai, Nashik, Pune, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Amravati, Dhule and Yavatmal apart from Nagpur. Tournament director Dr Sudhir Bhiwapurkar and tournament secretary Vijay Naidu were present for the inauguration.

Results

Boys quarterfinals: Kabir Panchmatia beat Susshrut Jadhav 6-3; Ahaan Nargolkar beat Avi Sood 6-0; Hrivaan Mehta beat Aarav Pannikar 6-3; Riaan Patil beat Sarvesh Mohite 6-3

Girls quarterfinals: Jyotishika Arekanti beat Anaisha Gupta 6-0, Amausja Chaphalkar beat Arhasee Pise 6-3, Avni More beat Navisha Jejani 6-0, Nidhi Patil beat Aava Taneja 6-1