Balbir Singh
Chandigarh, November 05, 2019: Top seed Krishan Hooda and qualifier Shashikant Rajput advanced into boys singles quarterfinals of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
In boys under-18 singles. Krishan Hooda defeated Torus Rawat in a three-setter marathon match. After first set down Krishan came back strongly and won the second set 6-0 without conceding single game. In the final set both players played in a top form. Finally Krishan used his experience and used his big serve to close the set and match 7-5.
Qualifier Shashikant Rajput, another CLTA trainee, won from Vivek Kumar Dhaka 6-3, 6-0 in straight sets. Second seed Sushant Dabas and Nitin Jaipal Singh also advanced into quarterfinals.
Deep Munim caused a mild upset as he stunned fifth seed Bhupender Dahiya [5] 6-3, 6-4,
Fifth seed Suryanshi Tanwar and Sanvi Ahluwalia moved Into Quarterfinals in girls under-16 singles. Suryanshi Tanwar overplayed against Maitreyi Phogat 6-0, 6-2 in a easy match. Sanvi Ahluwalia defeated Bhumi Kakkar in a one sided match 6-2, 6-1. Vaishnavi Adkar, Anoushka Sharma and Janani Ramesh also entered Quarterfinals.
In the boys under-16 singles Pre-Quarterfinals fourth seed Ajay Singh defeated another CLTA Trainee Gaurav Kumar 6-3, 6-4. Seventh seed Jitin Kumar Chetry won from Chahal Singh in a closed contestant marathon match 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Girls under-18 singles and other doubles matches are in progress.
Results (PQFs)
Boys under-18: Krishan Hooda [1] bt. Torus Rawat 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, Ajnabi Dahiya bt. Sarthak Gandhi 3-0, (Conc), Nitin Jaipal Singh [3] bt. Sarabjot Singh (Q) 6-2, 7-5, Deep Munim bt. Bhupender Dahiya [5] 6-3, 6-4, Divanshu Hooda bt. Krishang Raghuvanshi 6-4, 6-4, Shashikant Rajput (Q) bt. Vivek Kumar Dhaka 6-3, 6-0, Sushant Dabas [2] bt. Rishi Jalota 6-0, 6-2.
Boys under-16: Deep Munim [1] bt. Yogee Panwar 6-1, 6-2, Yashvardhan Singh bt. Krishang Raghuvanshi 6-3, 6-2, Ansh Kundu [3] bt. Moksh Puri 6-1, 6-0, Khush Sharma [8] bt. Lakshay Gupta 6-1, 6-2, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt. Lakshay Kumar [5] 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, Ajay Singh [4] bt. Gaurav Kumar (Q) 6-3, 6-4, Jitin Kumar Chetry [7] bt. Chahal Singh (Q) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, Tushar Mittal [2] bt. Yashvardhan Gaur 6-3, 6-1.
Girls under-16: Vaishnavi Adkar [1] bt. Ananya S R 6-4, 6-2, Aarni Reddy Yellu bt. Kanupriya Rajawat [7] 6-3, 6-2, Anoushka Sharma bt. Sweta Rana 4-6, 6-3, 6-0, Suryanshi Tanwar [5] bt. Maitreyi Phogat 6-0, 6-2, Janani Ramesh [8] bt. Mehar Mishra 7-6(2), 7-6(3), Harleen Kaur Dhanda bt. Kavya Khirwar [4] 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, Hitkamya Narwal [6] bt. Hargunjit Kaur (Q) 6-0, 6-0, Sanvi Ahluwalia [2] bt. Bhumi Kakkar (Q) 6-2, 6-1.
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