Chandigarh,
September 27
St Stephen's-45 proved too good for Carmel Convent-9 whom they today beat 2-0 in the quarter-final of the Chandigarh Inter-School Tennis Tournament being played on clay courts at St Peter's School, Sector 37, here.
Roopan Saran Nihal gave St Stephen's a good start by beating Rihal Noorpur 6-4, 6-4. Ramneek Rihal took St Stephen's to top after she defeated Arushi Arunwala 6-1, 7-5.
In another quarter-final match, St Peter's-37 outclassed Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, by 2-0. In the opening singles match, Aashna Malik registered an easy win over Divya Sharma 6-0, 6-1. Tanya Chauhan prevailed over plucky Apoorva Verma 6-3, 7-5.
Results:
Girl's under-14 (semifinals):
Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, beat St Kabir Public School, Sector 26, 2-0 (Harnoor Kaur beat Ishneet Walia 6-0 6-0, Mehak Singh beat Anika Gupta 6-0 6-0).
Carmel Convent, Sector 9, beat St Peter's-37 2-0 (Iktesh Chahal beat Avneet Kaur 6-1 6-1, Sonali Bansal beat Mehar Anand 6-1 6-4).
Girls under-17 (quarter-finals):
St Peter's-37 beat GMSSS-16 by 2-0 (Aashna Malik beat Divya Sharma 6-0 6-1, Tanya Chauhan beat Apoorva Verma 6-3 7-5)
St Stephens-45 beat Carmel Convent-9 by 2-0 (Roop Saran Rihal beat Noopur 6-4 6-4, Ramneek Rihal beat Arushi Arunwalia 6-1 7-5)
St Peter's also took their appointed place in the girls under-19 semifinal at the expense of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 21, by 2-0 Kanaupriya beat Bulbul 6-2, 6-0 and Vibha defeated Priyanka 6-0, 6-0.
In the second quarter-final, Sacred Heart School-26 blanked Guru Harkrishan School, Sector 38, by 2-0. Riya beat Amandeep Kaur 6-0, 6-0 and Srtefi defeated Ramanjeet 6-0, 6-0.
Girls under-19 (quarter-finals): St Peter's-37 beat GMSSS-21 by 2-0 (Kanupriya beat Bulbul 6-2, 6-0, Vibha beat Priyanka 6-0, 6-0).
Sacred Heart-26 beat Guru Harkrishan School-38 by 2-0 (Riya beat Amandeep Kaur 6-0, 6-0, Stefi beat Ramanjeet 6-0, 6-0).
