Roundglass Tennis Academy athlete Hitesh Chauhan entered the second round of the Roundglass ITF Men’s World Tennis Tour M15 tournament which is being held at the Gwalior Chambal Tennis Association courts. The 17-year-old Indian Junior Number 1, overcame Aditya Balsekar 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in a tight three set encounter. Hitesh entered the main draw of the tournament by getting one of the two spots reserved for junior players who are inside the top 100 of the World Junior rankings and now will face the winner of the match between eighth seed Preston Brown of United States and India’s Rohan Mehra.

The youngster had a setback in the doubles round one match along with Arjun Rathi, losing to fourth seeds and the much-experienced pair of Manish Sureshkumar and Aryan Lakshmanan 6-1, 6-0 in straight sets.

The seventh seeded Manish Sureshkumar also got the better of another Roundglass Academy athlete Caheer Warik, who entered the main draw through the qualifying rounds 6-1, 6-2. Another qualifier, Vivaan Bidasaria also lost his first-round match to neutral athlete Makar Krivoshckekov 2-6. 4-6 in straight sets.

The first-round matches will continue tomorrow with Aashravya Mehra facing Australia’s Adrian Arcon which will be followed by Arjun Rathi facing second seed Sidharth Rawat. Academy teammates Nitin Kumar Sinha and Shankar Heisnam will face each other while sixth seed Digvijay Pratap Singh will face Madhwin Kamath.

Roundglass Tennis Academy athletes will also be seen in action in doubles with Shankar Heisnam partnering with Caheer Warik against the pair of Makar Krivoshckekov and India’s Raghav Jaisinghani while Tanussh Ghildiyal and Aditya Mor will be up against their academy teammates Vivaan Bidasaria and Aashravya Mehra.