Riddhi Kakarlamudi rules the roost

Qualifier Patlolla Rajeshwar Reddy began with a bang, defeating seventh seed Vatsal Srivastava in the Asian Juniors U-14 boys and girls tennis tournament being conducted by the Telangana State Tennis Association at the SATS Tennis Complex in Lal Bahadur Stadium, Hyderabad. Rajeshwar dominated the game to shock Srivastav as he went on to win the match in straight sets 6-1, 6-3. However, Rajeshwar’s joy was short-lived as he faced defeat in the next round — outclassed 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 by Abhignan Sai Acrot.

In other boys matches, Jai Gollapudi blew Arihant Goel away 6-0, 6-0 while Krishan Hood proved too strong for Krishang Raghuvanshi as he defeated him 6-1, 6-0. On the girls side, Riddhi Kakarlamudi upset top seed Abhilasha Bista 5-7, 6-3, 6-0. Riddhi fought hard before losing the first set but came back hard at her rival. After taking the second set easily at 6-3, she was rejuvenated and closed out the decider with a thumping 6-0 scoreline.

Srujana Rayarala was another impressive winner. She came up with an elegant performance to beat Aditi Narayan in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. In the other major upset Sai Diya Balaji thrashed seventh seed Malikaa Marathe 6-1, 6-0. Sai put her foot on the pedal right from the start and raced to impressive leads, leaving her rival playing catch up. In another match, fifth seed Shambhavi Tiwari continued her dominance as she swept aside Sreshta Puducheri 6-0, 6-1.

The results
Boys U-14 singles second round: Krishan Hooda bt Manan Navlani 6-2, 6-0; Kota Shashidhar bt Aditya Balda 6-0, 6-1; Siddharth Reddy Vaada (5) bt Kartik Parhar 6-4, 4-6, 6-0; Abhignan Sai Arcot bt Patlolla Rajeshwar Reddy 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Boopathy Sakthivel bt Kartik Saxena (8) 6-4, 6-0, Arnav Pathange (1) bt Jai Gollapudi 6-0, 6-0, Leston Vaz bt Sree Sharan Kanugovi 6-2, 6-1, Dev Patek (2) bt Abhishek Kommineni 6-0, 6-2.

First round: Arnav Pathange (1) bt Chetan Prashant Gadiyar 7-5, 6-1; Jai Gollapudi bt Arihant Goel 6-0, 6-0; Krishan Hood bt Krishang Raghuvanshi 6-1, 6-0; Manan Navlani (6) bt Hitesh Yalamanchili 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, Kartik Parhar bt Aryanth Reddy Chintharlapalli 7-6(4), 6-1; Abhignan Sai Arcot  bt Varshith Marreddy 6-1, 6-3; Patlolla Rajeshwar Reddy bt Vatsal Srivastava (7) 6-1, 6-3; Abhishek Kommineni bt Siddhanth Misra 6-1, 6-4; Aditya Patankar bt Dev Patel (2) 6-0, 6-4; Kartik Sazena (8) bt  Ragava Pradhaan W/O ;  Kota Shashidhar bt Aditya Chopra 6-4, 7-5; Aditya Balda bt Yash Agarwal 6-2, 6-3; Sree Sharan Kanugovibt Beka Winston (GEO) 6-3, 6-3; Leston Vaz bt Krish Patel 6-0, 6-2; Boopathy Sakthivel bt Jasmeet Duhan 6-0, 6-0; Vaada Siddharth Reddy (5) bt Lokaditya Vardhan Siram 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-3.

Girls U-14 singles second round: Srujana Rayarala bt Aditi Narayan 6-2, 6-2; Sai Diya Balaji bt Malikaa Marathe (7) 6-1, 6-0; Yana Dhamija (6) bt Charitha Patlolla 6-2, 6-0; Riddhi Kakarlamudi bt Abhilasha Bista (NEP) (1) 5-7, 6-3, 6-0; Shambhavi Tiwari (5) bt Sreshta Puducheri 6-0, 6-1; Smriti Bhasin bt Sagarika Ramesh Sonni (4) 6-2, 6-0. First round: Sagarika Ramesh Soni (4) bt Ridhi Vinaykumar 6-0, 6-0; Srujana Rayarala bt  Shrichandrakala Tentu (3) 6-1, 6-2; Tanisha Pranjal bt Shyla Khattar (8) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Smita Bharat Walhekar bt Khushi Vishwanath Rangdhol 7-6(1), 6-0; Sanjana Sirimalla bt Sahithya Vederea 6-3, 6-3; Riddhi Kakarlamudi bt Veda Varhsita Ranabothu 6-2, 6-1; Malikaa Marathe (7) bt Rituparna Nayak 6-0, 6-0; Mushrath Anjum Shaik (2) bt Meghana Suresh 6-1, 6-1; Yana Dhamija (6) bt Paavanii Paathak 6-4, 6-0; Shambhavi Tiwari (5) bt Aishwarya Kailaje 6-1, 6-2; Aditi Narayan bt Adithi Are 6-1, 6-3;  Sai Diya Balaji bt Veda Raju Prapurna 7-5, 6-3; Smriti Bhasin bt Amulya Sukrutha Sri Ganapavarapu 6-0, 6-1; Sreshta Puducheri bt Anusha Nelakuditi 6-2, 6-1; Abhilasha Bista (NEP) (1) bt Aaira Sood 6-3, 6-2; Charitha Patlilla bt Steisha Buddhala 6-1, 6-3.