Balbir Singh
CHANDIGARH, OCTOBER 09, 2019: Second seed Rishi Reddy moved into men's singles semifinals of the The Tribune” State Tennis Championships and CLTA-AITA Championship Series at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.Rishi defeated 7th seed Mohammad Fahad in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. Rishi maintained his cool temperament and played consistently.
Top seed Ishaque Eqbal and Mohit Mayur also advanced into semifinals. Ishaque defeated Yash Yadav in straight sets. Ishaque won the 1st set 7-5. In the second set Ishaque played an energetic gamewon by 6-1.
In women’s singles quarterfinals CLTA trainee Kaavya Sawhney upset 8th seed Bunty Chongtham 6-1, 6-0 in a easy score. Top seed Arthi Muniyan and Lagan Bidhan also advanced into semifinals. Arthi defeated 6th seed Seerat Kaur Pannus 6-0, 6-1 in straight sets.
CLTA trainee Shraey Vir in advanced into semifinal in boys under-14 singles in the Championship Series (CS-7). Shraey Vir defeated another CLTA player Darshan Dilbar Singh in three setter marathon match 7-5, 4-6, 6-1. Vaibhav Singh, Akash Subramannian and Aarush Sharma also moved into Semifinals.
In girls under-14 singles quarterfinals 2nd seed Bhumika Gupta defeated Avneet Kaur in straight sets 6-2, 6-3. Sai Mahajan won from Sia Harpal Singh 7-5, 4-1 concede.
Results:
Men’s singles (q-finals): Ishaque Eqbal [1] bt. Yash Yadav 7-5, 6-1, Mohit Mayur [3] bt. Neeraj Yashpaul [8] 6-2, 6-1, Anurag Nenwani [6] bt. Rudra Kapoor (Q) 6-3, 6-3. Rishi Reddy [2] (Q) bt. Mohammed Fahad [7] 6-3, 6-3.
Women’s singles (q-finals): Arthi Muniyan [1] bt. Seerat Kaur Pannu [6] 6-0, 6-1, Lagan Bidhan bt. Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa(Q) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, Harshita Chugh [3] bt. Konika Singh Dhull 6-2, 6-1, Kaavya Sawhney bt. Bunty Choungtham [8] (Q) 6-1, 6-0.
Boys under-14 singles (q-finals): Vaibhav Singh (CH) (Q) bt. Arnav Bishnoi (CH) [1] 6-1, 1-6, 7-6(4), Shraey Vir (HR) [6] bt. Darshan Dilbar Singh (Q) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, Akahaj Subramanian (MH) bt. Aryan Jolly (HR) 6-2, 6-0, Aarush Sharma [2] (Q) bt. Akansh Subramanian [5] (MH) 6-2, 6-1.
Girls under-14 singles (q-finals): Anandita Sharma (CH) [8] bt. Yana Gupta (HR) [1] 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(1), Sia Mahajan [3] (HP) bt. Shreya Harpal Singh (HR) 7-5, 4-1 Concede, Bhumi Kakkar (CH) [4] bt. Jaya Kapoor (UK) 6-1, 6-3, Bhumika Gupta (PB) [2] bt. Avneet Kaur (PB) [4] 6-2, 6-3.
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