Key Points

With Round of 32 matches in the Boys’ and Girls’ singles and Round of 16 action in the doubles setting the tone for an action-packed opening day, focus was on seeded players who had to get through a strict examination from their opponents..

In the boys’ singles (Round of 32), Om Patel overcame a slow start to defeat compatriot Pranav Mahesh Saravanakumar 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-2. France’s Thomas Coppi rallied past Sharan Somasi 4-6, 6-4, 6-2, while Om Verma beat Evan Saha 6-1, 6-2. Fifth seed Ojas Mehlawat recorded a 6-0, 6-3 win against Uday Kaul, and Nishith Rajesh (USA) got the better of eighth seed Daksh Kukreti 6-4, 6-4. Ahan Shetty eased past Aarush Bhalla 6-1, 6-3, while second seed Aditya Mor came through a testing three-setter to beat Shaurya Bhardwaj 5-7, 6-1, 6-4.

Meanwhile, girls’ singles saw Sree Syleswari Velmanikandan edge out Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar 7-6(3), 6-4, and Meghana G. D. won a close battle against Tanishca Bhatnagar 7-5, 7-6(4). Fifth seed Aahan Aahan registered a 6-1, 6-4 win over Karthika Padmakumar, while Aahida Singh beat Riddhi Shinde 7-6(3), 6-2. Sixth seed Saiyette Varadhar advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Aditi Paturi, third seed Harsha Karthika Oruganti moved through 6-1, 6-1 against Jia Pandya, and second seed Haritha Shree Venkatesh swept past Saumya Chatterjee 6-0, 6-0.

In the boys’ doubles, Thomas Coppi (FRA) and Pranav Mahesh Saravanakumar lost 6-0, 6-1 to Srikar Doni and Rohith Hari Balaji Gobinath, while Shourya Bhattacharya (USA) and Sharan Somasi edged Tarun Honnappa and Shreyanth Mahanthesha 6-3, 7-5. Shaurya Bhardwaj and Prakaash Sarran defeated Om Patel and Om Verma 6-3, 6-4, and Aarush Kote (USA) with Channamallikarjuna Yale overcame Sumer Mehta and Atharva Shukla 7-5, 6-3.

Shounak Chatterjee and Evan Saha beat Ahan and Ayan Shetty 6-3, 6-4, third seeds Dev Vipul Patel and Nishith Rajesh (USA) advanced 6-4, 6-4 against Daksh Kukreti and Vyom Shah, and top seeds Ojas Mehlawat and Adhiraj Thakur moved on with a 6-4, 6-4 result over Pratyush Loganathan and Diganth M. Second seeds Yashwin Dahiya and Aditya Mor rounded off the day’s winners with a 6-0, 6-2 victory against Ishaan Badagi and Tejas Ravi.

In girls’ doubles, Srishti Kiran and Riya Gangamma Pudiyokkada defeated Tejaswi Manni and Aditi Paturi 5-7, 6-1, 10-7, while Devashree Mahadeshwar and Saiyette Varadkar edged Aarohi Vijay Deshmukh and Meghana G.D. 6-4, 3-6, 10-6. Fourth seeds Saumya Chatterjee and Nandini Kansal advanced 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 against Aaradhya Meena and Riddhi Shinde, and top seeds Aleena Farid and Angel Patel won 7-5, 6-3 against Sree Sasthayini Velmanikandan and Sree Syleswari Velmanikandan.

Second seeds Sanmitha Harini Lokesh and Deepshika Vinayagamurthy progressed 6-2, 6-3 over Niyamika Balaji and Sai Ananya Varanasi, while third seeds Harsha Karthika Oruganti and Jahnavi Tammineedi beat Shreeya Deshpande and Jia Pandya 6-2, 6-0. Padmapriya Ramesh Kumar and Deepthi Venkatesan also moved forward with a 6-2, 6-2 result against Aditi Khanapuri (USA) and Kasturi V G.

The last scheduled girls’ doubles match was postponed to Tuesday due to rain.

- IANS