Mahijeet pradhan

Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship: D. Vinayagamurthy of Tamil Nadu and Samarth Sahita of Maharashtra advanced to the third round of the 29th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship in their respective categories during the ongoing junior week of the tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Tuesday.

In the girls' Under-16 singles category, Vinayagamurthy looked in sublime touch and produced a big upset against second seed Ranjhana Sangram by 6-2, 6-0 in straight sets to reach the next round where she will go up against 16th seed Prachi Malik.

Samarth carried forward the positive momentum from the previous match to notch up a straight-set 6-2, 6-4 win over Neel Kelkar of Maharashtra in the boys' U-16 singles category. He will face Mahijeet Pradhan (Maharashtra) in the third-round match.