Top seed Joshi outclassed unseeded Laxman Pokale 11-0, 11-3, 11-1 while number two seed Diwakar Singh was equally ruthless in getting past Sadashiv Shingwan 11-3, 11-0, 11-6 at the Bombay Gymkhana.
In another match, unseeded Siddhant Sinha surprised Adityavyardhan Shekhawat, seeded in the 17/32 bracket, 10-12, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8.
Maharashtra’s Veer Chothrani and Advit Adik, seeded third and fourth respectively, also sailed into round two.
While Veer defeated Harshvardhan Kar 11-2, 11-4, 11-6, Advait stormed past the inexperienced Ronit Sidhu 11-2, 11-3, 11-2.
In the girls U-15 category,unseeded Tanya Bafna beat higher ranked opponent Shivani Chaudhary 3-1.
Results: Girls U-15 (1st round): Maansha Bohra [9/16] bt Ira Kulkarni 11-1 11-5 11-0; Sarah Vethekar [3/4] bt Tamanna Agarwal 11-0 11-4 11-1; Tanishka Singh [9/16] bt Anneisha Shah 11-0 11-1 11-3; Saniya Jaggi [9/16] bt Aarya Patil 11-2 11-7 11-3; Aasya Patel [5/8] bt Prabhgul Kaur Narula 11-2 11-1 11-0; Sonya Bajaj [5/8] bt Saarah Adenwala 11-3 11-3 11-1; S Akshaya Sri [9/16] bt Veethika Khursang 11-3 11-2 11-5; Prini Jain [9/16] bt Dhwanee Goyal 11-2, 11-7, 11-0; Tanya Bafna bt Shivani Chaudhary [9/16] 11-8 11-9 10-12 11-7.
Boys U-17 (1st round): Neel Joshi [1] bt Laxman Sakharam Pokale 11-0, 11-3, 11-1; Aaditya Khandelwal [17/32] bt Sathya Narayanan S 11-3, 11-5, 11-7; Arman Darukhanawalla [9/16] bt Advait Iyer 11-1, 11-4, 11-7; Athrva Yadav [9/16] bt Arjun Shigavan 11-3, 11-2, 11-2;Lakshit Bohra [5/8] bt Krushna Darvada 11-0, 11-3, 11-3; Advait Adik [3/4] bt Ronit Sidhu 11-2, 11-3, 11-2;Veer Chotrani [3/4] bt Harshvardhan Kakar 11-2, 11-4, 11-6; Tanay Punjabi [5/8] bt Makrand Khatri 11-1, 11-3, 11-2; Kanhav Nanavati [5/8]
bt Sampuran Banerjee 11-5, 11-4, 11-4; Diwakar Singh [2] bt Sadashiv Shingawan 11-3, 11-0, 11-6; Siddhant Sinha bt Adityavardhan Singh Shekhawat [17/32] 10-12 11-2 11-6 11-8
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