Kushan Shah enters semis of Fenesta Open Junior National Tennis Championship

NEW DELHI: Unheralded Kushan Shah soaked in the pressure to demolish top seed Madhwin Kamath in the under-16 quarter-finals of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship on Thursday.
Kushan used a sound array of shots and backed it up with unflappable temperament to dump the top seed for a major win in his fledgling career.
"I feel good about winning today.I feel one should never give up. I have been training for the last few months for this tournament and going to do my best tomorrow. I am hoping to win in the finals," said Kushan.
Eighth seed Kevin Mrugesh Peter also sailed through as he beat Sandeep VM in the under-16 quarter-finals.
Kevin was in sound touch on court and never lost momentum through the contest. "This is one of the best tournaments and I am happy to be in the semi-finals. I will be playing with my best friend tomorrow and it will be fun. Looking forward to winning in the finals," he said.
In girls' under-16 section, Kaavya Sawhney from Punjab was in rip-roaring form as she outplayed Bhakti Bharat Parwani from Gujarat 6-2, 6-4. Bhakti was the third seed.
"This is a big tournament and I have been practicing the whole year for this tournament. I started the tournaments pretty well and today I was very confident. I did not give a set this whole tournament and from the beginning I was in the lead. In the second set I was 3-1 down but then I held my nerve," said Kaavya.
The seeds stayed on course in the under-14 section with top seed Nishant Dabas beating Sushant Dabas 6-2, 6-2. In girls under-14, top seed Gargi P Pawar 'struggled past Sanjana Sirimalla 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Round of Results
Boys Singles 16
Kushan Shah (GJ) (seed 6) bt Madhwin Kamath (GJ) (Seed 1) - 6-1; 6-2
Dev V Jevia (GJ) (Seed 2) bt Krish Patel (GJ) - 6-2; 6-0
Kevin Mrugesh Pater (GJ) (Seed 8) bt Sandeep V M (TN)(Seed 3) - 6-0, 6-2
Mann Maulik Shah (GJ) bt Nishan Dabas (DL) - 6-2; 6-4
Girls Singles 16
Tanisha Kashyap (AS) (Seed 1) - bt Mubashira Anjum Shaik (TS) (Seed 5)- 6-2-6-0
Prinkle Singh (CH) (Seed 2) W.O Sara Dev (PB)
Prerna V Vichare (MH) (Seed 4) bt Sharannya Vijay Gaware (MH) - 6-1, 6-4
Kaavya Sawhney (PB) (Seed 6) bt Bhakti Bharat Parwani (GJ) (Seed 3) - 6-2; 6-4
Boys Singles 14
Nishant Dabas (DL) (Seed 1) bt Sushant Dabas (HR) (Seed 5) - 6-2; 6-2
Krishan Hooda (HR) (Seed 3) bt Denim Yadav (MP) ( Seed 7) - 7-6 (1); 6-2
Ajay Malik (HR) (Seed 4) bt Aman Dahiya (HR) (Seed 8)- 7-5; 63
Dhruv Tangri (PB) ( Seed 6) bt Udit Gogoi (AS) (Seed 2)- 6-3; 6-3
Girls Singles 14
Gargi P Pawar (MH) (Seed 1) bt Sanjana Sirimalla (TS) (Seed 7) 3-6; 6-3, 6-3
Sandeepti SinghRao (HR) (Seed 2) bt Priyanshi Sankesh Bhandari (GJ) (Seed 5)- 6-1; 6-4
Sudipta Senthil Kumar (MH) (Seed 3) bt Anjali Rathi (HR) - 6-4; 5-7; 6-4
Rutuja M Chaphalkar (MH) bt Srujana Rayarala (TS) (Seed 4) - 7-5; 6-4
Boys Doubles 16
Sarthak Suden (DL) /Dhruv Tangri (PB) bt Madhwin Kamath (GJ) (Seed 2) / Kevin Mrugesh Pater (GJ) (Seed 8) -7 (2), 6-3 (10-8)
Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (TS) / DEV V Javia bt Rhythm Malhotra (DL) (Seed 3) / Boopathy -7-6, 6-2
Girls Doubles 16
Tanisha Kashyap (AS) / Prerna V Vichare (MH) (Seed 1) bt Smriti Bhasin (TS) (Seed 4) / Sunskrithi Damera (TS)- 6-3, 6-1
Kaavya Sawhney (PB) (Seed 2) / Prinkle Singh (CH) W.O Sarah Dev (PB) / Bhakti Bharat Parwa
Boys Doubles 14
Chirag Duhan (HR) / Kartik Saxena (DL) (Seed 1) bt Amrutjay Mohanty (OD) (Seed 3) / Abhishek Mohapatra (OD) 6-0, 6-7 (5)
Arjun A Kundu (GJ) (Seed 2) / Dhanya K Shah (GJ) bt Vishesh Jainish Pater (GJ) / Yashraj S Dalvi (MH) (Seed 4) -7-5, 6-4,
Girls Doubles 14
Mushrath Anjum Shaik (TS) (Seed 2) / Srujana Rayarala (TS) bt Shruti Ahlawat (HR) / Anjali Rathi (HR) 7-5, 2-6(10-5)
Rutuja M Chaphalkar (MH) (Seed 4) / Naisha Srivatstav (KA) bt Kristi Boro (AS) / Shatavisa Ghosh (WB) 6-4, 6-4