Second seeded Bhuvan Prakash, fourth seeded Mustafa Murtuza Raja and fifth seeded Ashwin Shivshankar (all from Karnataka) scored comfortable wins over their respective rivals and entered the second round in boys Under-14 Singles event on the inaugural day of the MTC AITA Talent series (U-14 & U-16) boys & girls Tennis Tournament conducted by Mysore Tennis Club at their courts here yesterday.

RESULTS

First Round: U-14: Selvaraj Carwin (TN) bt Rangesh Sai (TN) 6-0, 6-1; Lohith Kanthraj (Kar) bt Dev Agarwal (TN) 7-5, 6-0; Ashwin Shivshankar (Kar) bt Chiragh M. Urs (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; Mustafa Murtuza Raja (Kar) bt S. Suhan (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Yashas M. Urs (Kar) bt H.S. Kishan (Kar) 6-4, 6-0; K. Nitish (Kar) bt C.S. Nischay (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Rurikh Rajini (Kar) bt Samarth K. Ranga (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Aaron Ronaldino (TN) bt Anoop (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Suhas Soma (TN) bt Nihal Ravi (Kar) 6-0, 6-4; Allen Chris Goel (TN) bt C. Shobith (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; Bhuvan Prakash (Kar) bt S. Prakul (Kar)                                                      6-1, 6-0.

U-16: Zahir Salar (Kar) bt H.S. Kishan (Kar) 7-5, 6-4; Abel Chris Joshna (TN) bt Preetham Ganesh (Kar) 6-4, 6-4; Kevin Thimmaiah (Kar) bt K. Lohith (Kar) 6-4, 6-2; Varun Bharadwaj (Kar) bt Keerthan (Kar) 6-2, 7-5; Yasha M. Urs (Kar) bt Aaron Ronaldino (TN) 6-2, 7-5; Ram Dhanush Arya (Kar) bt Heeman Toli Prasad (Kar) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Girls: U-14: B. Disha bt Theertha 6-4, 6-1; Ira Prinut Shah (TN) bt Aishwarya (Kar) 7-6(4), 6-1; Veditha Sandesh (Kar) bt Bhumika Sathish (Kar) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.