Chennai, Jan 13 (PTI): Qualifier Smrithi Bhasin shocked P Yashaswini 6-2, 6-4 on Monday in the women's singles first round of the Sumanth & Co AITA ranking tennis tournament for men and women organised by MPTA @ KTC here.

In the men's singles, the fancied Nikki Poonacha posted an easy win over U Arjun 6-0, 6-1.

Results (first round): Women's singles: Ramya beat Amulya 6-1, 6-0; Gayathri Menon beat Lithika Landa 6-2, 6-2; Avishka Gupta beat Naga Roshne 6-3, 6-2, Lavanya beat Viveka Sivaraman 6-2, 6-4; Yuvashree beat Nossent Virgine 6-3, 6-1; Kavya beat Shria Atturu 6-1, 6-3; Kundana Sri beat Praveen 6-2, 6-2.

Avanthika Reddy beat Vitula 6-4 (conceded); Sai Avantika beat Abinaya Caitlyn Sweeton 6-4, 6-0; Smriti Bhasin beat Yashaswini 6-2, 6-4; Deepalakshmi beat Megha Muthukumar 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Tejasvi beat Tanvika 6-1, 6-4; Nithyaraj beat Anusha Kondaveti 6-3, 6-1; Joell Nichole beat Sai Diya Balaji 6-2, 4 -6, 7-6(3); S R Ananya beat Charanya 1-6, 6-3, 6-1; Aarthi Muniyan beat Harini P 6-1, 6-2.

Men's singles: Nikki Poonacha beat U Arjun 6-0, 6-1; Aryan Lakshmanan beat Alok Aradhya 7-6(5), 6-3; Pragadheesh beat Ravishankat 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Neeraj Elangovan beat Bharath Nishop Kumaran 6-0, 4-6, 6-3; Gokul Suresh beat M S Krithik 6 -2, 6-1; Tarun Anirudh beat Shashank Narde 6-3,6-2.

Ribhav Ravikiran beat Vikram Dhananjay 6-4, 6-3; Arjun Mahadev beat Dharmil Shah 6-0, 6-2; Siddharth Arya beat Thathagat 6-2, 6-1; Lohith Aksha beat Harshavardhan 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Manish G beat Rishi Pavendhan 6-2, 1-6, 6-1; Samyukth Balaji beat C Ashwin 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Kavin Masilamani beat Irfan Hussain 6-7(8), 7-5, 6-4; Deepak Senthil Kumar beat Karthic Kumaran 6-1, 6-1.

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