Vanshraj jalota

Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship: Samarth Sahita of Maharashtra and top-seed Prateek Sheoran moved into the second round in the boys U-16 category of the 29th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship that started at the DLTA Complex here on Monday.

Third-seed Samarth faced Paranjay Siwach in the first-round match and notched up a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 win in straight sets. He will now face Neel Kelkar of Maharashtra, who defeated Kristo Babu (Karnataka) by the same scoreline.

Prateek also made a fantastic start to the tournament. He looked in complete control from the first game of the match against Ribhav Saroha of Chandigarh and eventually won the contest by 6-0, 6-4 in straight sets.