Fourth seed Anushka, seventh seed Madhuri Patere are out

Mumbai, May 7 (UNI) Girls under-14 fourth seed Anushka Bhargava of Andhra Pradesh and seventh seed Madhuri Patere of Maharashtra were early casualties as the main draw in the Bombay Gymkhana- TCS All India National Super Series Junior Tennis Tournament commenced at the Bombay Gymkhana here today.

Bhargava faced an unexpected challenge from Jeni Patel of Gujarat, who won 6-0, 6-2 in the first round.

The formidable Madhuri Patere went down in two tough sets to Andhra Pradesh's C.H. Niddhi who clinched a close first round tie 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Meanwhile, Aarti Detan, Sanjana M. Kumar, Amrita Mukherjee, Sayali Patil, Jeni Patel and Sansitha Nandakumar qualified for the girls under-16 main draw.

Results: Girls U-14 (1st round): Natash Palha (Goa) bt Abhilasha Ahuja (Har) 6-1, 6-1; Amrita Mukherjee (WB) bt Manya Nagpal (Del) 6-3, 6-2; Tejaswani Surya (AP) bt Sukhmani Wadhwa (Mah) 6-4, 6-4; Jeni Patel (Guj) bt Anushka Bhargava (AP) 6-0, 6-2; Namita Bal (Mah) bt Shamanaz Dashti (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Sansitha Nandakumar (TN) bt Gauri Baindoor (Mah) 6-0, 6-1; Riddhi Hegde (Mah) bt A. Sharmila (TN) 6-0, 6-3; Raveena Shetty (Kar) bt Tarrannum Handa (Del) 6-1, 7-6 (4); B.

Sowjanya (AP) bt Sneha S. Reddy (Mah) 6-0, 6-2; C.H. Niddhi (AP) bt Madhuri Patere (Mah) 7-6 (5), 6-4; Sayali Patil (Mah) bt Aaroli Chavan (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Sanjana M. Kumar (TN) bt Pooja Narayan (Del) 6-2, 6-4; Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah) bt Shruya Reddy (TN) 6-1, 6-4.

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