Ludhiana, October 28
On the third day of the North Zone Inter-University Lawn Tennis Tournament being held at the PAU Total Tennis Academy courts of the Punjab Agricultural University campus, host Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, along with Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, and Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi, romped home winners in their respective encounters in similar fashion (3-0) to book their places in the quarter-finals.
In the first match of the day, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, proved too good for their opponents Jammu University. Displaying fine control of ground shots and top spin service, Gurbir Singh of PAU put his side ahead with a comfortable 8-3 win over Abhik Gupta.
PAU’s Sukhmeet Singh proved his mettle against Lahir Aggarwal. Sukhmeet served well and exhibited serve and volley game with perfect control to trounce his rival 8-0 which enhanced the lead (2-0).
Sukhmeet and Gurbir combined well to oust Abhik and Karan 8-1 which saw their team to book a berth in the last-eight stage.
In the second match, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi, overpowered Kumaon University, Nainital, 3-0. Khalid beat Manoj 8-2 and Yassir routed Vijay Kumar 8-0. Khalid and Yassir blanked Manoj and Vijay Kumar 8-0 to fashion JMIU’s easy win by 3-0.
The third match of the day was played between Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, and CSJM University, Kanpur, in which the former came out triumphant 3-0. Manav defeated Zishan Ali 8-5 while Keshav Mahajan pipped Prateek 8-0 and the pair of Harmanbir Singh and Sunil Kumar prevailed over Zishan Ali and Prateek 8-4.
In the fourth match of the day, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, recorded 3-0 win over Kurukshetra University to assure themselves a berth in the quarter-final. Vijay Bhardwaj outplayd Shubham 8-4, Bharat blanked Amardeep 8-0 and Bharat and Vijay outclassed Shubham and Gaurav, 8-5.
