He won in the under-17 section against Ashok Singh Rathore (Jindal) 9-10, 9-6, 9-6, 9-10, 9-5 in the under-17 second round. But he lost to Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) in the under-15 second round 9-5, 7-9, 9-2, 9-5.

The bulky Pendse outdid his opponent in the under-17 match. Rathore looked fit and trim but it was Pendse who ran out winner in the end. Pendse could have wrapped up the match in the fourth game itself but could not keep the ball above the red line.

Mihir Sheth of CCI continued his winning spree, overpowering Anurag Gill of Otters 9-4, 9-4, 10-9 in the under 17 event and blanked Ravi Pandey of Jindal Club without losing a point in under-15 event thereby advancing into both the pre-quarters.

RESULTS (SECOND ROUND)

Open: Pushkar Khurana (Services) bt Tushar Mashruwala (CCI) 9-3 9-4 9-0, Saket Wali (Otters) bt 9-17-9 9-0 9-1, Darius Surti (CCI) bt Vaibhav Abrol (Allahabad) 9-0 9-1 9-0, Anuj Kalia (Services) bt Bobby Bajaj (CCI) 9-3 9-0 9-0, Lt. Mehta bt Ramesh Kotecha (CCI) 9-0 9-3 9-8, Prem Manish (Hyderabad) bt Sushant Krishna (Allahabad) 9-2 9-0 9-0, Gajendra Singh Rathore bt Santosh Tambe (CCI) 9-0 9-4 9-2, Amitpal Kohli (JVPG) bt Rohan Gurjar (Jodhpur) 9-7 9-4 9-2, Anshul Manchanda bt Deepak Yadav 9-1 9-4 9-0, Dhiraj Singh bt Vijay Sonawane (Otters) 9-3 9-2 9-3, AS Chonker (Services) bt Deepak Khetani (Jodhpur) 9-5 9-1 9-3, Nikhil bt Sunil Shirole 9-4 9-1 9-6, Jehangir Surti bt Rajan Mehra 2-9, 9-6, 6-9, 9-1, 9-3, Navneet Narain (Services) bt Rhea Bhandare 9-3 9-1 9-3.

Boys Under-17: Vikram Singh Ghadwal (Jindal) bt Zarir Aibara 9-7 9-6 9-7, Manish Mehta (Hyderabad) bt Vrashank Yadav (CCI) 9-2 9-0 9-0, Karanpal Sethi (Otters) bt Bipin Batra (Willingdon) 10-9 9-1 9-4, Mihir Sheth (CCI) bt Anurag Gill (Otters) 9-4 9-4 10-9, Saumil Gandhi (CCI) bt Kabir Kapoor (Otters) 9-4 9-3 9-0, Amjad Khan bt Neville Madon(CCI) 9-2 9-2 9-3, Vikas Kumar bt Siddharth Shanbaug (Willingdon) 2-9 9-1 9-2 9-3, Rushabh Vora (CCI) bt Karan Batra (Willingdon) 9-3 10-9 10-9, Vishal Sharma bt Aditya manjrekar (Otters) 9-2 9-7 9-0, Gaurav Nandrajob (Delhi) bt Praveen Parak 9-6 9-5 9-0, Supreet Singh (Otters) bt Jasbir Singh, Hrshikesh Pendse (Willingdon) bt Ashok Singh Rathore (Jindal Club) 9-10 9-6 9-10 9-5, Deepak Yadav bt Rishabh Singhvi 9-7 9-1 9-6.

Under 15: Gaurav Nandrajog (Delhi) bt Shailesh Mishra 9-0 9-0 9-0, Rishabh Singhvi (Otters) bt Mrinal Todi 9-0 9-0 9-0, Nikhil Seth bt Jatin Gurnani 9-6 9-3 9-0, Imran Khan bt Arun Sharma (Jindal) 9-2 9-5 9-2, Karan Singh (Delhi) bt Arjava Vig 9-1 9-0 9-0, Vikas Jangra bt Shaila Pandole 9-0 9-0 9-0, Karanpal Sethi (Otters) bt Mohd Merchant (Khar Gym) 9-0 9-0 10-8, Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) bt Hrshikesh Pendse (Willingdon) 9-5 7-9 9-2 9-5, Gautam Kalani (Otters) bt Naishadh Lalwani (CCI) 9-3 9-2 9-0, Satbir Singh bt Kabir Kapoor 9-3 9-3 9-2, Vikash Kumar bt Jay Bhagat 9-3 9-2 9-2, SadiqMadraswala (CCI) bt Antara Majumdar 9-0 9-1 9-0, Mihir Sheth (CCI) bt Ravi Pandey (Jindal Club) 9-0 9-0 9-0.

Under 13: Imran Khan bt Sandeep Singh Rathore 9-1 9-1 9-1, Vikram Malhotra (Khar Gym) bt Nirav Siga 9-0 9-2 9-5, Manoj Dhoria (Jindal) bt Vir Seth (CCI) 9-1 9-0 9-1, Naishadh Lalwani (CCI) bt Praveen Saini (Jindal) 9-0 9-0 9-0, Harshjit Sethi (Khar Gym) bt Anup Kumar Sharma (Jindal) 9-0 9-2 9-0, Nikhil Seth bt Ankit Kataria 9-3 9-1 9-6, Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) bt Saachi Mehta (CCI) 9-0 9-0 9-3, Zarr Aibara bt Premchand Rai (Jindal) 9-0 9-3 9-0, Alisha Mashruwala (CCI) bt Vikas Semwal 9-0 9-1 9-0, Shailesh Mishra (Jindal) bt Arjava Vig 9-2 9-5 9-3, Gautam Kalani (Otters) bt Feman Khan 9-2 9-3 9-0.

Under 11: Jay Bhagat (CCI) Anup Kumar Sharma (Jindal) 9-0 9-1 9-6, Vikas Semwal (Jindal) bt Praven Saini (Jindal) 9-2 9-2 9-8, Harshjit Sethi (Khar Gym) bt Ishaan Balwani 9-2 9-3 9-0, Vir Seth bt Brijesh Yadav (Jindal) 9-2 9-0 9-0, Premchand Rai (Jindal) bt Nikita Emanuel 9-2 10-8 9-4, Alisha Mashruwala(CCI) bt Shaheda Madraswala (CCI) 9-0 9-0 9-1.