Maaya Rajeshwaran races past fourth seed Lakshmi Prabha
The Hindu
Young tennis talents shine at Fenesta National Championship with impressive wins and exciting match-ups in store.
Maaya Rajeshwaran played a robust game as she gave further proof of her potential by knocking out fourth seed Lakshmi Prabha 6-1, 6-1 in the women’s first round of the Fenesta Natonal tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Tuesday.
Having negotiated three rounds of the qualifying event, the 15-year-old girl from Coimbatore, coached by Manoj Kumar, Maaya served and stroked with authority, in setting up a pre-quarterfinal against another qualifier Saumya Ronde.
Another young qualifier in the women’s event, Laxmi Siri Dandu had to spend a lot of time on court to beat Chevika Reddy 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(5).
Sejal Bhutada was equally impressive as she negotiated a tricky opponent, Vidhi Jani in three sets, to set up a second round against Humera Baharmus.
In the men’s event, lucky loser Rethin Pranav, another fine talent from Tamil Nadu, also demonstrated his high quality game as he raced past Neeraj Yashpaul for the loss of three games. Rethin will next challenge Ajay Malik who had ousted fifth seed Parth Aggarwal.
Bhicky Sagolshem who had beaten Rethin in the third and final qualifying round, demonstrated his athleticism and crafty game in subduing the experienced Suraj Prabodh for the loss of five games.
Bhicky will challenge top seed and former champion Vishnu Vardhan. Another bright talent from Manipur, qualifier Bushan Haobam set up a second round against another former champion V. M. Ranjeet.
