Nihal Kothari returns a shot during the ongoing St. Stephen’s CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex in Sector 10 on Sunday. Tribune Photo: Pradeep Tewari
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 20
Top seed Uddayvir Singh blanked Arhaan Pahwa 9-0 to qualify for the main draw of the boys U-16 category in the ongoing St. Stephen's CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tournament. Aryan Thakur registered a similar victory over Keshav Goel to clear the final qualifying round.
Local boy Pranay Sharma defeated Dhairya Chadha in a close contest 8-7(3) while Aarav Joshi beat Mahishmat Kumar 9-8(4).
In the girls U-16 final qualifying round, Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) player Banita Azad defeated Anusha Verma 9-4 while another local trainee Harnoor Kaur Sidhu outclassed Sargam Singla 9-1. Jaskirat Kaur beat Vanya Arora 9-2 while Anya Jacob blanked Maitreyi Phoghat 9-0. Chandi beat Radhika 9-8 (2).
Keshav Dangi qualified for the main draw of the boys U-12 category with a convincing 9-0 victory over Pragun Thakur.
Aryan Mangal defeated Arpit Singh Dhull 9-0. Yashsvi Balhara beat Parth Sharma 9-5. Keshav Dangi, Pranav Sharma, Madhav Sharma, Ujjawal Thakur and Azeez Anand also confirmed their berth in the main draw event. The main draw matches of both boys and girls category will be played on Monday.
Results (final qualifying round)
Boys’ U-16: Uddayvir Singh bt Arhaan Pahwa 9-0, Mankeerat Singh Baidwan bt Gurmehak Singh 9-5, Nihal Kothari bt Saksham Salaria 9-3, Gurstat Singh Makkar bt Swamin Sharma 9-4, Shubh Negi bt Himanshu Sharma 9-6, Pranay Sharma bt Dhairya Chadha 8-7(3), Aryan Thakur bt Keshav Goel 9-0, Aarav Joshi bt Mahishmat Kumar 9-8(4)
Girls’ U-16: Chandi Srinivasan bt Radhika Vasudeva 9-8 (2), Cathrine Bhangu bt Ananya Sharma 9-4, Harnoor Kaur Sidhu bt Sargam Singla 9-1, Banita Azad bt Anusha Verma 9-4, Jaskirat Kaur bt Vanya Arora 9-2, Anya Jacob bt Maitreyi Phoghat 9-0
Boys’ U-12: Ujjawal S. Thakur bt Pranay Sharma 9-6, Aryan Mangal bt Arpit Singh Dhull 9-0, Kanwarpreet Singh bt Gurbaaz Singh 9-5, Azeez Anand bt Jujhar S. Samra 9-0, Yashsvi Balhara bt Parth Sharma 9-5, Pranav Sharma walk over against Vaibhav Verma, Keshav Dangi bt Pragun Thakur 9-0, Madhav Sharma bt Balsher S. Tiwana 9-6.
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