Gwalior, Dec 2 (NationPress) Athlete from Roundglass Tennis Academy, Hitesh Chauhan, has successfully progressed to the second round of the ITF Men’s World Tennis Tour M15 tournament, currently taking place at the Chambal Tennis Association courts in Gwalior. The 17-year-old, who holds the title of Indian Junior Number 1, triumphed over Aditya Balsekar with a score of 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in a fiercely contested three-set match.

On Tuesday, several other matches unfolded, including Ivan Lutkin's victory over India's Adityavardhan Duddupudi with a score of 7-5, 6-2; Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam defeating the fifth seed Ishaque Eqbal at 6-2, 7-5, while Parth Aggarwal faced a loss against Grigoriy Lomakin from Kazakhstan, concluding the match at 6-7, 0-6.

Wild card entry Sarthak Suden managed to best qualifier Freek Van Donselaar from the Netherlands in a hard-fought three-set match ending at 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Meanwhile, Vivaan Bidasaria was defeated 6-2, 6-4 by Makar Krivoshchekov, and Raghav Jaisinghani won against fellow competitor Deep Munim with a score of 6-2, 6-2.

Seventh seed Manish Sureshkumar also advanced further, easily overcoming Caheer Warik at 6-1, 6-2, while Maan Kesharwani reached the quarterfinals by defeating Ajay Malik at 6-2, 6-0.

Hitesh earned his place in the main draw by securing one of the two spots designated for junior players ranked in the top 100 of the World Junior Rankings. He is set to face the winner of the match between eighth seed Preston Brown from the United States and India’s Rohan Mehra.

Unfortunately, Hitesh encountered a setback in the doubles first round alongside Arjun Rathi, losing to the experienced pair of Manish Sureshkumar and Aryan Lakshmanan with a score of 6-1, 6-0.

Additionally, Manish Sureshkumar defeated another Roundglass Academy player, Caheer Warik, who entered the main draw via the qualifiers at 6-1, 6-2. Another qualifier, Vivaan Bidasaria, lost his first-round match against neutral athlete Makar Krivoshckekov with scores of 2-6, 4-6.

The first-round matches will continue on Wednesday, featuring Aashravya Mehra against Australia’s Adrian Arcon, followed by Arjun Rathi competing against second seed Sidharth Rawat. Academy teammates Nitin Kumar Sinha and Shankar Heisnam will face off, while sixth seed Digvijay Pratap Singh goes against Madhwin Kamath.

Roundglass Tennis Academy players are also set to participate in doubles, with Shankar Heisnam teaming up with Caheer Warik against the duo of Makar Krivoshckekov and India’s Raghav Jaisinghani, while Tanussh Ghildiyal and Aditya Mor face their academy peers Vivaan Bidasaria and Aashravya Mehra.