Yuvraj, Rishabh have it easy on Day 1

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 21

Top seed Yuvraj Singh blanked Aryan Jolly 9-0 in the second round of the boys' U-14 qualifiers at the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament here on Saturday.

Second seed Aditya Chauhan registered a 9-1 win over Anirudh Sangra, while third seed Lakshay Gupta beat Yash Vardhan with a similar margin at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here.   

CLTA trainee Keshav Dangi upset eighth seed Arnav Malik 9-6. Fourth seed Harjot Singh of CLTA handed a 9-0 drubbing to Janish Tamak, while Pranay Sharma defeated Arnav Bishnoi 9-2. 

Seventh seed Jivaj Chawla had an easy outing against Pratham Krishan, winning his second round qualifier 9-0. 

Other players who moved into final qualifying round include Gurbaaz Singh, Rattan Kabir and Jashan Gupta.  

In the boys' U-18 category, top seed Rishabh Sharda of CLTA moved into final qualifying round after beating Nilendrasi 9-5. 

Sidharth Basaiti and Aditya Balda also moved into final qualifying round. 

Qualifiers 

Boys’ U-14: Yuvraj Singh bt Aryan Jolly 9-0, Gurbaaz Singh bt Saravdeep Singh 9-2, Aditya Chauhan bt Anirudh Sangra 9-1, Udbhav Kaplish bt Angad Singh Raingi 9-0, Lakshay Gupta bt Yash Vardhan 9-1, Rattan Kabir bt Yash Solanki 9-8(3), Harjot Singh bt Janish Tamak 9-1, Pranay Sharma bt Arnav Bishnoi 9-2, Arush Sharma bt Yashasvi Balhara 9-8(7), Manjot Singh bt Pravar Sharda 9-5, Shreay Vir bt Hardik Khanduja 9-3, Kartik Sunil Kumar bt Ajit Singh Dhiraj 9-8(5), Jivaj Chawla bt Pratham Krishan 9-0, Namish Sharma bt Darshan Dilbar Singh 9-1, Keshav Dangi bt Arnav Malik 9-6, Jashan Gupta bt Prabir Singh Behgal 9-0  

Boys’ U-16: Rishabh Sharda bt Nilendrasi Padhikyar 9-5, Siddharth Basaiti bt Rishi Dahiya 9-1, Aditya Balda bt Harmanjot Singh 9-3, Keshav Rathi bt Yashsvi Hooda 9-2