Vallab beats Ayan in UNIFI junior tennis first round

Qualifier Vallab Kumar of the USA defeated India's Ayan Shetty 6-3, 6-2 in a boys' first round match of the UNIFI-International Tennis Federation-junior Tennis Cup 2026 at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Nungambakkam on Monday.

Other boys' first round results: Lakshy Madankumar (Aus) beat Malay Keyurbhai Minjrola 6-4, 6-1, Neel Kelkar beat Hemdev Mahesh 6-1, 1-6, 7-5, Karan Thapa (Nep) beat Lakshya Vardhan Chukka 6-3, 6-2, Manan Rai beat Ashwin Kabilan (USA) 6-3, 6-4, Saksham Bhansali beat Harsh Malik 6-0, 7-6(5), Yash Kumar beat Can Lawani (Chn) 6-4, 7-5.

In the girls' first round: Saatvi Parag Mardaniya beat Shravanti Venkatakrishnan (GBr) 7-5, 3-0 (retd.), Sarithra Entoori beat Aashi Kashyap 6-4, 6-4, Purvi Patwa beat Zoha Qureshi 6-1, 6-3, Diya Harikrishnan beat Yashitha Ereti 0-6, 6-3, 1-0 (retd.), Aditi Paturi beat Sree Sasthayini Velmanikandan 6-2, 7-6(3), Pooja Nagaraj beat Aditi Bhrahadeeswaran 6-0, 6-1.