Unseeded Tamil Nadu’s Rishi Paventhan playing some consistent tennis on both the flanks registered an upset win over third seeded Rishab Namashivaya of Karnataka 6-2, 6-1 and entered the second round in the Boys U-18 Singles event on the opening day of KTPPA-MTC AITA Championship series Tennis Tourney for U-18 boys and girls at the MTC Courts here yesterday.

results- Boys singles- First round

G.S. Sanjay (Ker) bt Ajith Kumar (TN) 6-4,7-5, Arya Rajat Raj (Kar) bt Ajay Murali (TN) 6-2, 7-5, D. Manas Girish (Kar) bt Raghav Pradhan (TN) 6-2, 6-1, Anand Prakash Gupta (UP) bt Adity Ramraj (Kar) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, Arnav Pathange (Kar) bt Akarsh Goankar (Kar) 6-2, 6-1,U. Arjun (Kar) bt Raj Jitendra Bagde (Mah) 6-4, 6-1, G. Manish (Kar) bt Suman Shashidhar (Kar) 6-0, 6-0, Shashank A. Narde (Kar) bt Nishit Naveen (Kar) 6-2, 6-1, Saisiddarth Nandakumar (Tel) bt Nithilan Eric (Kar) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, K.S. Nanaiah (Kar)  bt L.Aryan (TN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, Eshwar Shashidhar (Kar) bt D. Jefry Sam Prakash 6-2, 6-1, Rishi Panivanthan (TN) bt Rishib Namashivaya (Kar) 6-2, 6-1, D.Harshavardhan (TN) bt Madhavan Manoj (Kar) 6-0, 6-1, Arjun Rathnam (TN) bt S.R. Gaurav (TN) 6-0, 6-2, Saran Anish (TN) bt Anmay Yogish Devraj (Kar) 6-0, 6-0, Aryan Pathange (Kar) bt Kevin Tamiz (TN) 6-0, 6-4.

Girls-First round

Rani D. Jenefer (TN) bt Adya M. Bhat (Kar) 6-4, 6-3, Chandini Murali bt Panvitha Reddy 6-0, 6-0, Nithya Shekar bt V. Bhargavi 6-2, 6-4, H.C. Akanksha (Kar) bt Arushi Paliwal 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, D.S. Mounika (Kar) bt Yashsiwini Gowda (Kar) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, Nivedita Shankar (Kar) bt Shurabhi Srinivas (Kar) 6-0, 6-4, Avanthi Ram bt A.Harini 6-2, 6-1, G. Yashomathi bt P. Meghana 6-3, 6-2, Sagarika Soni bt Aditi Rao (Kar) 6-2, 6-1, Chithali A. Narde bt Taznain Mansoor 6-2, 6-0.