Top seed Kedar Tembe of Maharashtra had a bit of workout today. Delhi junior Chandrasekar Mohanty after bagging a bagel in the first set fought back strongly to take the second set. However, Tembe meant business in the decider and took the match at 6-0, 3-6, 6-1.

Sixth seed N Mukundan (TN) advanced, defeating Chandigarh's Amanjot Singh 7-5, 6-3.

The top three seeds in the girls section, Sheetal Gautham (Karnataka), Radhika Tulpule and Radhika Mandke (Maharashtra) literally had an off day as their opponents failed to make any impact in the first round. Sheetal blitzed Alice Joy (TN) 6-1, 6-0.

Tulpule toyed with TN's Vishnu Preetam, winning 6-0, 6-1. Mandke destroyed Aparna Singh (MP) 6-1, 6-3.

Upset wins for Nivedita, Samrita:

Nivedita Venkatesh (TN) ousted fourth seed Nona Wagh (Maharashtra) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 whileanother TN girl Samrita Sekar after initial uncertainty prevailed over eighth seed Nischella Reddy (AP) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Results

Boys (1st round): 1-Kedar Tembe (Maharashtra) bt CS Mohanty (DLI) 6-0, 3-6, 6-1; Gurmehar Singh (Delhi) bt 5-Sunil Kumar (Chandigarh) 7-6 (6), 6-2; Benjamin Xavier (Maharashtra) bt 4-P Ravikrishna (AP) 6-3, 6-2; Vinod K Sewa (WB) bt Nirmit Shetty (Karnataka) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1; Mithun Murali (TN) bt Punna Vishal (AP) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; 6-N Mukundan (TN) bt Amanjot Singh (Chandigarh) 7-5, 6-3; Ashustosh Singh (Dli) bt V Chinna Kannan (TN) 6-0, 6-2; Anant Sitaram (AP) bt Parantap Chaturvedi (Dli) 7-5, 6-3; V Kamala Kannan (TN) bt 2-Kedar Shah (Maharashtra) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Boys: Final Qualifying Round:Siddarth Sudhakar (Karnataka) bt Som Dev Varman (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Saurav Singh (Chandigarh) bt Abhijit Mazumdar (Maharashtra) 6-3, 6-1; R Arun Prakash (TN) bt Avinash Reddy (TN) 7-5, 6-3; AR Anant Kumar (AP) bt Siddharth Sharma (Chandigarh) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Nipin Gupta (Dli) bt VijaySundar Prashanth (TN) 6-3, 6-3; A Vel Murugan (TN) bt Viven Chetri (Dli) 6-4, 6-4; Apedit Sham (Maharashtra) bt Arif Hyder (AP) 6-4, 6-4; Vimal Keerthi (TN) bt Rohan Kranti (AP) 6-1, 6-1.

Girls (1st round):1-G Sheetal (Karnataka) bt Alice Joy (TN) 6-1, 6-0; Nandita C (TN) bt Nandini Perumal (AP) 6-0, 6-2; Harsimran Kaur (Chandigarh) bt Ratikumar (Maharashtra) 6-0, 6-0; Samrita Sekar (TN) bt 8-Nischella Reddy (AP) 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Nivedita Venkatesh (TN) bt 4-Nona Wagh (Maharashtra) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4; Isha Chopra (Harayana) bt Kameswari Vadalli (AP) 6-1, 6-0; 7-Sandhya Kannuri (TN) bt Vishika Chhetri (Dli) 6-3, 6-2; Shereen Yusuf (Karnataka) bt T Sri Charanya (TN) 6-1, 6-1; 5-Geeta Manohar (AP) bt Sharanya Pattabi (TN) 6-2, 6-0; Radha Devendrappa (Karanataka) bt Vandana Murali (TN) 6-1, 6-3; 3-Radhika Mandke (Maharashtra) bt Aparna Singh (MP) 6-1, 6-3; Khushchehr Italia (US) bt Preeti Devendran (TN) 6-1, 7-5; 6-T Yamini (TN) bt Preeti Rao (TN) 6-3, 6-3; Sai Rajalakshmi (TN) bt M Kamini (TN) 6-3, 6-4;Shalini Reddy (TN) bt Rekha Mohan (TN) 2-6, 6-0, 6-2; 2-Radhika Tulpule (Maharashtra) bt Vishnu Preetham (TN) 6-0, 6-1.