New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Several seeded players suffered shock defeats in the third round of the singles events at the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship here on Wednesday.
However, the boys' U-16 and boys' U-14 respective top seeds Ribhav Saroha and Aarav Challani advanced to the quarterfinals.
Second-seeded Lakshya Chukka was knocked out of the boys' U-16 event after losing 2-6, 4-6 to Haryana's
Harsh Marwaha, while third seed Paranjay Siwach went down 4-6, 4-6 to West Bengal's Monodip Dey, seeded 12th.
Marwaha said he was pleased with his performance, particularly in the second set, as he set up a quarterfinal clash against his doubles partner Vivaan Mirdha.
Saroha, who won the boys' U-18
title last week, continued his impressive run with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over 13th seed Gyansh Manchanda.
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