Vaishnavi, Vishnu upset seeds to enter semifinal at the 20th Ramesh Desai Nationals U12 Tennis Tournament 2026
Mumbai, 5th March 2026: Vaishnavi Balajee of Tamil Nadu and Vishnu Pandey of Maharashtra upset seeds to enter the girls and boys semi final at the 20th Ramesh Desai Nationals U12 Tennis Tournament 2026 which is being organized by MSLTA and played at GA Ranade Tennis Centre, Mumbai.
In the girls section unseeded Vaishnavi Balajee of Tamil Nadu upset top seed Priyangsi Chatterjee of West Bengal 6-2, 6-2 , second seed Asees Brar of Punjab Meera Singh Chaudary , and fourth seeded
Aneeksha Govinolla of Telangana were the other semifinalists
In the boys semifinal Maharashtra boy Vishnu Pandey upset third seed Kabir Dahiya of Haryana 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 , top seed
Riaan Nandankar of Gujarat , BC Thanush and SM Dhanush of Karnataka also made it to the last four.
Results: Quarterfinal Round: Boys:
Riaan Nandankar(1)(Guj) bt Aarush Khanna(Mah) 7-5, 6-2;
Dhanush SM(4)(Kar) bt Adhish PM(5)(TN) 7-6(6), 6-4;
Vishnu Pandey(Mah) bt Kabir Dahiya(3)(Har) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5;
Thanush BC(2)(Kar) bt Ahan Bhattacharya(Mah) 6-4, 6-2;
Girls:
Vaishanvi Balajee(TN) bt Priyangsi Chatterjee(1)(WB)6-2, 6-2;
Aneeksha Govinolla(4)(TS) bt Peram Atharv(9)(AP) 6-3, 6-3;
Meera Singh Chaudhary bt Ruhi Singh(5)(Kar) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3;
Asees Brar(2)(Punjab) bt Kaashvi Konaki(6)(Kar) 6-3, 7-5;
Doubles: Boys: Quarterfinal Round:
Riaan Nandankar(Guj)/Thanush BC(Kar)(1) bt Yashwardhan S(TS)/Pranav Vaddi(TS) 6-3, 6-0;
Atharv Narsinghani(WB)/Kabir Dahiya(Har)(3) bt Atharva Abhiraj(Punjab)/Sukhleen Sharma(Har) 6-2, 6-3;
Aarush Khanna(Mah)/Aadvik Khanna(Mah) bt Kanishk(Del)/Krisha Singh(UP) 2-6, 6-1, 10-5;
Dhanush SM(Kar)/Adhish PM(TN)(2) bt Devin Pittan(Ker)/Rivaan Parmar(Mah) 6-4, 6-2;
Girls:
Vrissa Chhatwani/Eshita Patil(Mah) bt Phaagun Jyoti(AS)/Nishitha Reddy(AP) 7-5, 6-2;
Saundarya Jaiswal(UP)/Peram Atharva(AP) bt Evana Arora(WB)/Kristi Haloi(AS) 6-1, 6-4;
Aneeksha Gavinolla((TS)/Vaishnavi Banerjee(TN) bt Anvi Hondappanvar(Kar)/Chethana Chowki(TS) 6-1, 6-0;
Priyangsi Chaterjee(WB)/Ruhi Singh(Kar) bt Dhaniska Mahanta(AS)/Kaashvi Konaki(Kar) 6-3, 6-2.
