Isha Lakhani is given a fright

Second seed Isha Lakhani overcame several anxious moments before suppressing Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei to move into the girls' singles second round in the ITF Junior World ranking tennis tournament in Kolkata on Tuesday.

Lakhani appeared a trifle erratic in the first set but found her bearings in the nick of time to carve a hard-fought 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 victory over her spirited opponent on a day which saw no major upsets.

Third seed Sanna Bhambri did not have to sweat much as she spanked wild card entrant Shivika Burman 6-0, 6-1 to romp into the second round.

The going was quite easy for fourth seeded Ariane Stefanie Rosa of Indonesia, who prevailed over Tanya Ahuja with a facile 6-1, 6-1 victory, while fifth seeded Nandita Chandrasekhar got the better of Sharanya Pattabi 6-4, 6-2 to move into the next round.

The eighth-seeded Krushmi Chheda also had a rather easy first round encounter as she demolished qualifier Swathika Kandaswamy with a 6-1, 6-3 scoreline.