Ajay beats Shivdev, enters quarters

Tribune News Service 

Chandigarh, February 6

Top seed Ajay Singh tamed his Haryana counterpart Shivdev Singh Walia 7-5 6-4 to book a place in the boys’ U-16 quarterfinals in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament here today.  

Second seed Akash Deb of Assam humbled Chandigarh’s Mahishmat Kumar 7-5 6-4, while third seed Jitin Kumar Chetry had an easy outing against Haryana’s Paras Chauhan. The Punjab youngster won 6-0 6-2 to move into the last-eight stage of the competition.     

In another pre-quarterfinal match, Chandigarh’s Samarbir Singh Sidhu stunned fourth seed Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje of Punjab in a marathon three-setter. 

Sidhu won the opening set 7-6(6) but Jhoje fought his way back into the match with a 6-3 win in the second set. Sidhu, though, kept his poise to clinch the decider 6-4 to stay alive in the championship. 

Seventh seed Mankeerat Singh Baidwan rallied from a set down to overcome his Punjab counterpart and qualifier Navya Verma 5-7 6-1 6-3, while eighth seed Sarabjot Singh of Punjab drubbed Chandigarh’s Aarush Sharma 6-1 6-0. Fifth seed Harsha Pradeep Kumar of Karnataka registered a 6-1 6-1 win over Uttar Pradesh’s Arnav Malik in the pre-quarterfinals. 

Simran, Nimrat advance  

In the girls’ U-16 category, top seed Simran Pritam of Punjab drubbed Chandigarh’s Bhumi Kakkar 6-0 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.  

Second seed Kristi Boro of Assam got the better of city youngster Omisha Nischal, while third seed Sanvi Ahluwalia of Delhi blanked Punjab qualifier Khushi Dewan 6-0 6-0. Chandigarh’s Nimrat Kaur Atwal beat Rajasthan’s Richa Choudhary in straight sets to ensure a place in the quarterfinals. Nimrat won 6-1 6-2.

Sixth seed Vaidehi Rawat of UP edged out Chandigarh’s Mrinalini Sharma 6-3 6-0, while eighth seed Aditi Singh Kadian of Haryana overwhelmed qualifier Suryanshi Tanwar 6-4 6-1. Seventh seed Pawandeep Kaur of Punjab beat Vanya Arora of Haryana 7-5 6-2. 

Kuhoo Atrey surprised her Chandigarh counterpart and fifth seed Vrinda Sharma 6-0 6-1 to move into the quarters.

Aakarshit stays on course

Top seed Aakarshit Mahajan of Jammu and Kashmir, meanwhile, dumped Punjab’s Manveer Singh 6-0 6-4 to ease into boys’ U-18 quarterfinals.  

Seventh seed Abhay Mohan of Chandigarh beat Gaurav Kumar 7-5 6-0, while fourth seed Akash Dev of Assam humbled Haryana’s Saurav Yadav 6-4 6-2. Sixth seed Jitin Chetry of Punjab got the better of Delhi’s Yashvardhan Singh 6-1 6-4. 

Avish Verma eased into the last-eight stage of the competition after beating his Punjab counterpart and fifth seed Svamin Verma 7-5 6-2. Ajay Singh drubbed Chandigarh’s Parveen Kumar 6-0 6-1, while eighth seed Sukhpreet Jhoje defeated Chandigarh’s Aryan Thakur 6-3 6-4. 

Second seed and Shrut Mohan Nargeta humbled his city counterpart Parth Goel 6-1 7-5 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Richa ousts Vrinda 

Simran Pritam, meanwhile, entered the second quarterfinal after beating Punjab’s Sukhmani Sahota 7-6(1) 6-2 in the girls’ U-18 pre-quarters. 

Richa Choudhary upset eight seed Vrinda Sharma of Chandigarh 6-2 6-0, while third seed Princy Panchal of Haryana registered a 6-2 6-1 win over Kanupriya Rajwat of Rajasthan. Punjab’s Pawandeep Kaur surprised sixth seed Vaidehi Rawat 6-2 6-2.

Seventh seed Kristi Boro humbled Kuhoo Atrey 6-3 6-1. Nimrat Kaur Atwal registered a 6-1 6-2 win over Mrinalini Sharma, while fifth seed Sanvi Ahluwalia of Delhi rallied from a set down to overcome Chandigarh’s Riya Kaushik 2-6 7-5 6-3.  

Jyotsana Yadav entered the quarterfinals after she stunned second seed Priyanka Jakhar of Haryana 7-6(5) 7-5.

Pre-Quarterfinals 

Boys’ U-16: Ajay Singh bt Shivdev Singh Walia 7-5 6-4, Yashvardhan Singh bt Sidharth Goel 7-5 6-0, Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Paras Chauhan 6-0 6-2, Mankeerat Singh Baidwan bt Navya Verma 5-7 6-1 6-3, Sarabjot Singh bt Aarush Sharma 6-1 6-0, Samarbir Singh Sidhu bt Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje 7-6(6) 3-6 6-4, Harsha Pradeep Kumar bt Arnav Malik 6-1 6-1, Akash Deb bt Mahishmat Kumar 7-5 6-4

Boys’ U-18: Aakarshit Mahajan bt Manveer Singh 6-0 6-4, Abahy Mohan bt Gaurav Kumar 7-5 6-0, Akash Dev bt Saurav Yadav 6-4 6-2, Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Yashvardhan Singh 6-1 6-4, Avish Verma bt Svamin Sharma 7-5 6-2, Ajay Singh bt Parveen Kumar 6-0 6-1, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Aryan Thakur 6-3 6-4, Shrut Mohan Nargeta bt Parth Goel 6-1 7-5

Girls’ U-16: Simran Pritam bt Bhumi Kakkar 6-0 6-1, Vaidehi Rawat bt Mrinalini Sharma 6-3 6-0, Nimrat Kaur Atwal bt Richa Choudhary 6-1 6-2, Aditi Singh Kadian bt Suryanshi Tanwar 6-4 6-1, Pawandeep Kaur bt Vanya Arora 7-5 6-2, Sanvi Ahluwalia bt Khushi Dewan 6-0 6-0, Kuhoo Atrey bt Vrinda Sharma 6-0 6-1, Kristi Boro bt Omisha Nischal 6-0 6-1

Girls’ U-18: Simran Pritam bt Sukhmani Sahota 7-6(1) 6-2, Richa Choudhary bt Vrinda Sharma 6-2 6-0, Princy Panchal bt Kanupriya Rajwat 6-2 6-1, Pawandeep Kaur bt Vaidehi Rawat 6-2 6-2, Kristi Boro bt Kuhoo Atrey 6-3 6-1, Nimrat Kaur Atwal bt Mrinalini Sharma 6-1 6-2, Sanvi Ahluwalia bt Riya Kaushik 2-6 7-5 6-3, Jyotsana Yadav bt Priyanka Jakhar 7-6(5) 7-5