National Ranking Tennis Tournament: Kerala's Karan Thapa qualifies for main draw

Kerala's Karan Thapa qualified to the men's singles main draw of the Naushad Mather Memorial National Ranking Tennis Tournament in Kochi on Monday.

Thapa defeated fellow-Keralite Arjun U 6/4, 6/1 in his third qualifying match to advance. He joined Tamil Nadu's Irfan Hussain and Karnataka's Nithilan Kinattuvilai among others in the main draw.

Meanwhile, there were a couple upsets in the first round of women's singles. Sixth seed Chandana Potugari of Andhra Pradesh was defeated by Karnataka's Sai Janvi T 6/3, 6/1. Tamil Nadu's Janaki Ramesh toppled eigth seed Rutuparna Choudhary 6/2, 6/7(8), 6/2.

Selected results (women's round one): Pooja Ingale (MH) bt Sreenidhi Reddy (TS) 6/4, 6/1; Ishwari Anant Matere (MH) bt Shrijana Thapa (KL) 6/3, 6/2; Sai Janvi (KA) bt Kavin Chandana Potugari (AP) 6/3, 6/1; Janaki Ramesh (TN) bt Ruthuparna Choudhari (OD) 6/2, 6/7(8), 6/2; Hridayeashi Pai (KA) bt Danica Fernando (MH) 7/5, 7/5; Jeethesh Kumari (DL) bt Samhitha Ramesh (KA) 6/2, 6/3; Bifilar Amar(KA) bt Siri Manjunath Patil (KA) 6/2, 6/4; Harivarshini Murugesan (TN) bt  Aareyalee Amurith Singh (MH) 6/1, 6/1