Laqshya Tripathi and Aaradhana Tehlan were crowned the Boys and Girls Singles champions at the 19th Ramesh Desai Memorial Nationals Under 12 Tennis Championship 2025 being organised by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and played at GA Ranade Tennis Courts in Mumbai.

In the Boys singles fourth seeded Laqshya Tripathi of Maharashtra upset third seeded Nayan Khatri of Delhi in two straight sets 6-1, 6-4 to lift the title, while top seeded Aaradhana Tehlan of Haryana continued her fine form to end the winning run of the twelfth seeded Trisha Bhosale of. Maharashtra 6-2, 6-4 en-route the Girls Single title.

Earlier in the Boys semi-finals fourth seed Laqshaya stopped the winning run of Yashvantraje Pawar 6-1, 6-4 in an all Maharashtra contest, while Nayan of Delhi had to sweat it out before overcoming Riaan Nandankar of  Gujarat winning in three hard fought sets 3-6, 6-2, 6-2;

Maharashtra’s Trisha upset fourth seeded Kanishka Govind of Tamil Nadu  6-2, 6-1 in two straight sets to set up a title clash with top seeded. Haryana’s Aaradhana overcame a set deficit before prevailing over fourth seed Myra Shaikh of Maharashtra with a score line of 1-6, 6-1, 6-0 en-route the final

Bhriti Velladandi of Karnataka and Aaradhana Tehlan won the girls doubles event, scraping past the Maharashtra pair of  Sara  Fengse and Myra Shaikh winning 6-1, 1-6, 10-3.
The prizes were given away at the hands of  Bharat Oza, President of MSLTA, Shweta Gakhar, Regional Head, Institutional Business Maharashtra & Goa, YES Bank Ltd, Sibabrata Panigrahi, Cluster Head, Institutional Business Mumbai YES Bank Ltd and  Amit Indrale, Branch Manager, Colaba YES Bank Ltd.  Manoj Vaidya, Tournament Director and CEO of MSLTA, and Vaishali Shekatkar, ITF Supervisor were present on the occasion

Results (Singles)

# Pre Quarter-finals

Boys: Riaan Nandankar (14) (GUJ) beat Thanush ShekHAR BC (1) (KAR) 6-2, 6-3; Tegveer Singh (10) (DELHI) beat Shaurya Gadade (MAH) 7-5, 6-4; Nayan Khatri (3) (DELHI) beat Yuvraaj Singh (UP)6-2, 6-2; Nihal Reddy (5) (KAR) beat Kabir Dahiya (9) (HAR) 6-3, 6-2; Senthil Kumar Jegan (6) (TN) beat Harsh Bansal (12) (Raj) 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-3; Arjun Dua (2) (DELHI) beat Aarav Bele (MAH) 6-4, 6-3; Yashvantraje Pawar (7) (MAH) beat Mohammed Aheel (11) (TS) 6-3, 7-6(3), 6-2; Laqshya Tripathi (4) (MAH) beat Anup Rishabh (MAH) 6-2, 6-1.

Girls: Aaradhana Tehlan (1) (HAR) beat Ruhi Singh (15) (KAR) 6-2, 6-3; Bhrithi Velladandi (6) beat Aneeksha Gavinolla (KAR) 6-2, 6-4; Myra Shaikh (4) (MAH) beat Priyal Saraf (KAR) 6-2, 6-2; Priyangsi Chatterjee (8) (WB) beat Kiara Sharma (UP) 6-3, 6-0; Trisha Bhosale (12) (MAH) beat Sara Fengse (5) (MAH) 6-1, 6-3; Kanishka Govind (7) (TN) beat Nakshatra Iyer (9) 6-2, 6-3;  Meera Singh (UTK) beat Asees Brar (16) (PUN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Chahat Thakur (MAH) beat Falak Mehta (3) (GUJ) 6-1, 6-3;

# Quarter-finals

Boys: Riaan Nandankar (14) (GUJ) beat Tegveer Singh (10) (DELHI) 6-2, 6-3; Nayan Khatri (3) (Del) beat Nihal Reddy (5) (KAR) 6-2, 6-3; Laqshya Tripathi (4) (MAH) beat Senthil Kumar Jegan (6) (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Yashvantraje Pawar (7) (MAH) beat Arjun Dua (2) (DELHI) 6-4, 6-3.

Girls: Aaradhana Tehlan (1) (HAR) beat Bhrithi Velladandi (6) 6-4, 6-1; Myra Shaikh (4) (MAH) beat Priyangsi Chatterjee (8) (WB) 6-1, 6-2;  Trisha Bhosale (12) (MAH) beat Chahat Thakur (MAH) 6-4, 6-1; Kanishka Govind (7) (TN) beat Meera Singh (UTK) 6-1, 6-1

# Semi-finals

Boys:  Nayan Khatri (3) (Del) beat Riaan Nandankar (14) (GUJ) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Laqshaya Tripathi (4) (MAH) beat Yashvantraje Pawar (7) (MAH) 6-1, 6-4.

Girls: Aaradhana Tehlan (1) (HAR) beat Myra Shaikh (4) (MAH) 1-6, 6-1, 6-0; Trisha Bhosale (12) (MAH) beat Kanishka Govind (7) (TN) 6-2, 6-1.

# Finals

Boys: Laqshya Tripathi (4) (MAH) beat Nayan Khatri (3) (DELHI) 6-1, 6-4.

Girls: Aaradhana Tehlan (1) (HAR) beat Trisha Bhosale (12) (MAH) 6-2, 6-4.