Lucknow Tennis Tournament: Wild card entry for UP’s Rishi, Mehar, Aashi and Aira, strong performance by players in ITF Junior J30.
Lucknow, Read: In the ITF Junior J-30 Lucknow Tennis Tournament being held at the Tennis Arena located in Gomti Nagar Vijayant Khand, the players performed strongly in the qualifier matches played on Sunday and made it to the main draw.
In the boys category, Shreyanth Mahantesha, Parthiv Nallagundla, Madhav Dadhich and Harsh Marwaha entered the main draw by winning their respective matches. In the girls’ category, India’s Shazfa Vania, Maanvi Rath, Purvi Patwa and Australia’s Trisha Jani won and got the main draw tickets.
UP’s Abhiuday Singh missed a place in the main draw in this competition organized under the supervision of UP Tennis Association (UPTA) and Kesari Sports. In the main draw, Rishi Yadav and Mehar Singh Khosla of UP have been given wild card entry in the boys category along with Ashi Shamseri and Aira in the girls category.
In the matches played on Sunday, Shreyant Mahantesha defeated Abhiudaya Singh 6-0, 6-3. Parthiv Nallagundla defeated Sarthak Ashok Gaikwad 6-1, 6-4. Madhav Dadhich defeated Atharva Sriramoju 4-6, 6-2, 11-9 in a thrilling match, while Harsh Marwaha defeated Shlok Chauhan 6-3, 7-6(5). In the girls category, Purvi Patwa defeated Sharanya Srivastava 6-1, 6-0.
Shazfa Vania defeated Dhani 6-1, 6-0, while Maanvi Rath defeated Sara Fengse 6-4, 6-4. Trisha Jani defeated Ishanya Khattar 6-3, 6-2 to reach the main draw.
According to organizing secretary Samit Kesari, the main draw matches will be played from Monday at 8.30 am. There is a draw of 32-32 players in the boys and girls category, in which 24 players have got direct entry. Four players have arrived from the qualifiers, while four players have been given wild cards.
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