Jitin stuns Torus, enters quarters
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 9
Jitin Kumar Chetry upset second seed Torus Rawat in straight sets to cement his place in the boys’ U-18 quarterfinals in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here, on Tuesday. Chetry won 6-2 7-5.
Top seed Bhupender Dahiya registered a 6-1 6-3 win over Arunava Majumdar, while third seed Manveer Singh humbled Ajay Singh 6-3 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals. Fourth seed Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje downed Smarbir Singh Sidhu 6-2 6-2.
Asav Kumar stunned sixth seed Yuvraj Pandit 6-2 7-5. Gaurav Kumar ousted Aarav Singh Gill 6-2 6-0 and fifth seed Karan Sandilya edged out Kartik Sunil Kumar 6-3 6-0 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Sukhmani stays on course
In the girls’ U-18 pre-quarterfinals, top seed Sukhmani Sahota packed off Catherine Bhangu 6-3 6-0, while third seed Chahana Budhbhatti blanked Japjot Kaur 6-0 6-0.
Fourth seed Simran Pritam eased into the last eight with a 6-2 6-0 win over Adity Dogra. Sweta Samanta outplayed Niharika Praveen Deshmukh 6-0 6-0, while Hitkamya Singh Narwal rallied from a set down to overcome Harleen Kaur Dhanda 3-6 6-3 6-1.
Fifth seed Aditi Singh registered a 6-4 6-1 win over Yashika Sharma and sixth seed Radhika Vasudeva beat Snigdha Sran 7-5 6-1. Jaskirat Kaur managed a 6-2 7-5 win over Amarjot Kaur Bundhel in the pre-quarters.
Bhupender-Manveer in last 4
Top seed pair of Bhupender Dahiya and Manveer Singh eased into the boys’ U-18 doubles semifinals with a hard-fought 6-3 4-6 (10-7) win over Gaurav Kumar and Navya Verma.
Second seeds Arunava Majumdar and Torus Rawat dispatched Yash Vardhan and Kesav Dangi 6-1 6-2, while the third seed duo of Jitin Kumar Chetry and Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje drubbed Anirudh Sangra and Arnav Bishnoi 6-1 6-1 in the quarters. Aarav Singh Gill and Yuvraj Pandit stunned fourth seeds Ajay Singh and Sarabjot Singh 6-2 3-6 (10-5).
Meanwhile, in the girls’ U-18 doubles quarterfinals, Amarjot Kaur Bundhel and Sweta Samanta defeated Snigdha Sran and Jaskirat Kaur 6-2 6-3.
The second seed pair of Simran Pritam and Pawandeep Kaur improved from a set down to beat Catherine Bhangu and Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 3-6 6-2 (10-7), while third seeds Chahana Budhbhatti and Hitkamya Narwal registered a 6-1 6-1 win over Adity Dogra and Harleen Kaur Dhanda.
Results
- Boys’ U-18 pre-quarters: Bhupender Dahiya bt Arunava Majumdar 6-1 6-3, Gaurav Kumar bt Aarav Singh Gill 6-2 6-0, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Smarbir Singh Sidhu 6-2 6-2, Aryan Thakur bt Sarthak Gandhi 6-3 6-2, Asav Kumar bt Yuvraj Pandit 6-2 7-5, Manveer Singh bt Ajay Singh 6-3 6-4, Karan Sandilya bt Kartik Sunil Kumar 6-3 6-0, Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Torus Rawat 6-2 7-5
- Girls’ U-18 pre-quarters: Sukhmani Sahota bt Catherine Bhangu 6-3 6-0, Jaskirat Kaur bt Amarjot Kaur Bundhel 6-2 7-5, Chahana Budhbhatti bt Japjot Kaur 6-0 6-0, Sweta Samanta bt Niharika Praveen Deshmukh 6-0 6-0, Aditi Singh bt Yashika Sharma 6-4 6-1, Simran Pritam bt Adity Dogra 6-2 6-0, Radhika Vasudeva bt Snigdha Sran 7-5 6-1, Hitkamya Singh Narwal bt Harleen Kaur Dhanda 3-6 6-3 6-2
- Boys’ U-18 doubles quarters: Bhupender Dahiya/Manveer Singh bt Gaurav Kumar/Navya Verma 6-3 4-6 (10-7), Jitin Kumar Chetry/Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Anirudh Sangra/Arnav Bishnoi 6-1 6-1, Aarav Singh Gill/Yuvraj Pandit bt Ajay Singh/Sarabjot Singh 6-2 3-6 (10-5), Arunava Majumdar/Torus Rawat bt Yash Vardhan/Kesav Dangi 6-1 6-2
- Girls’ U-18 doubles quarters: Amarjot Kaur Bundhel/Sweta Samanta bt Snigdha Sran/ Jaskirat Kaur 6-2 6-3, Chahana Budhbhatti/Hitkamya Narwal bt Adity Dogra/Harleen Kaur Dhanda 6-1 6-1, Simran Pritam/Pawandeep Kaur bt Catherine Bhangu/Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 3-6 6-2 10-7
