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Yugraj rallies into semis on day of upsets

CHANDIGARH:Yugraj Singh rallied from a set down to upset top seed Abhay Chhabra of Delhi in the boys’ U-14 quarterfinals in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here on Wednesday.

Yugraj rallies into semis on day of upsets

Sarah Dev returns the ball to Suryanshi Tanwar during their quarterfinal match in the CLTA Championship Series in Chandigarh on Wednesday. Sarah won 6-0 6-0.Photo: Nitin Mittal



Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 25  

Yugraj Singh rallied from a set down to upset top seed Abhay Chhabra of Delhi in the boys’ U-14 quarterfinals in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here on Wednesday. 

Yugraj lost the opening set 5-7, but came back strongly to win the next two sets 6-2 6-4 to make it to the semifinals.

In another upset of the day, unranked Samar Bir Singh Sidhu of Punjab got the better of fifth seed Aryan Thakur. 

Sidhu started with a 6-2 win, but Thakur came back in to the match with a 6-4 win in the second set. Sidhu, though, held his nerve to seal the decider 7-5.   

Third seed Arhaan Pahwa of Chandigarh registered a 6-0 6-2 win over Aditya Goyat of Punjab, while fourth seed Shivdev Singh Walia of Haryana blanked eighth seed Madhav Sharma 6-0 6-0.

Drona in semis 

In the boys’ U-18 category, Drona Walia of Uttarakhand continued his winning streak with a 6-2 6-1 win over fifth seed Bhupender Dahiya of Haryana. 

Third seed Naresh Badgujar overcame Devesh Pratap Pahuja 6-2 7-5, while fourth seed Uddayvir Singh humbled Punjab’s Kartik Parhar 6-2 6-3 in the quarterfinals. 

Haryana’s Shashikant Rajput reached the semifinals after registering a 6-4 6-3 win over Yuvraj Singh Kooka. 

Nimrat moves ahead

Top seed Nimrat Kaur Atwal, meanwhile, lived up to her billing as she dominated sixth seed Harnoor Kaur of Haryana 6-0 6-1 to ease into the last-four stage of the championship in the girls’ U-14 category. 

Jyotsana Yadav upset seventh seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda 6-4 6-0, while Suryanshi Tanwar registered a 6-1 6-0 win over eighth seed Vanya Arora. Fifth seed Catherine Bhangu surprised fourth seed Radhika Vasudeva in a marathon three-setter.  

Catherine won the first set 7-5, but Radhika clawed her way back into the match with a 7-6(2) win in the second set. Catherine, though, regained her composure to seal the final set 6-4 and advanced to the semifinals. 

Himaanshika surges

In the girls’ U-18 quarterfinals, top seed Himaanshika handed a 6-1 6-0 drubbing to Radhika Vasudeva, while sixth seed Princy Panchal stunned fourth seed Simran Pritam 6-4 6-4. Second seed Sarah Dev dismissed Suryanshi Tanwar 6-0 6-0. 

Seventh seed Nimrat Kaur Atwal downed Amreen Sindh 6-2 6-2. 

The semifinals matches will be held on Thursday.

Quarterfinals 

Boys’ U-14: Yugraj Singh bt Abhay Chhabra 5-7 6-2 6-4, Arhaan Pahwa bt Aditya Goyat 6-0 6-2, Shivdev Singh Walia bt Madhav Sharma 6-0 6-0, Samar Bir Singh Sidhu bt Aryan Thakur 6-2 4-6 7-5  

Boys’ U-18: Drona Walia bt Bhupender Dahiya 6-2 6-1, Naresh Badgujar bt Devesh Pratap Pahuja 6-2 7-5, Uddayvir Singh bt Kartik Parhar 6-2 6-3, Shashikant Rajput bt Yuvraj Singh Kooka 6-4 6-3  

Girls’ U-18: Himaanshika bt Radhika Vasudeva 6-1 6-0, Princy Panchal bt Simran Pritam 6-46-4, Nimrat Kaur Atwal bt Amreen Sindh 6-2 6-2, Sarah Dev bt Suryanshi Tanwar 6-0 6-0  

Girls’ U-14: Nimrat Kaur Atwal bt Harnoor Kaur 6-0 6-1, Catherine Bhangu bt Radhika Vasudeva 7-5 6-7(2) 6-4, Jyotsana Yadav bt Harleen Kaur Dhanda 6-4 6-0, Suryanshi Tanwar bt Vanya Arora 6-1 6-0

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