Mekhala comes from behind to beat Sanvi

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, September 17  

Unseeded Mekhala Manna came from behind to stun second seed Sanvi Ahluwalia in the girls' U-16 opening round match in the ongoing CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament here on Monday.     

Playing at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, 

Mekhala lost the first set 5-7, but came back strongly to win the next two sets 6-4 6-3 to enter the pre-quarterfinals.

Top seed Vanshika Choudhary drubbed Nandini Dixit 6-2 6-0, while third seed Muskan Dahiya registered a 6-1 6-3 win over Aditi Singh. Fourth seed Simran Pritam overcame a resilient Pawandeep Kaur in an intense three-setter.

Simran won the opening set 6-2, but Pawandeep fought her way back into the match with a 7-6(4) win in the second set. Simran, however, won the decider 6-3 to advance into the pre-quarterfinals.  Suryanshi Tanwar rallied from a set down to overcome fifth seed Kavya Khirwar 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1, while seventh seed Shreya Chakraborty outplayed Kuhoo Atrey 6-1 6-2. Sixth seed Lagan Bidhan downed Muskan Malik 6-3 6-2.

Kaavya advances

In the girls' U-18category, top seed Kaavya Sawhney confirmed her berth in the pre-quarterfinals with a convincing 6-1 6-1 win over Riya Bhatia. 

Third seed Ritika Grewal blanked Priyanka Jakhar 6-0 6-0, while Mekhala Manna drubbed Jyotsana Yadav 6-0 6-1. Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa ousted Simran Vudhathu 6-0 6-0 and Sukhmani Sahota dumped Aarzoo Gill 6-1 6-0.

Ajay moves ahead

Top seed Ajay Malik lived up to his billing as he edged Ajay Singh 6-4 6-0 to move into the boys' U-18 pre-quarterfinals.  Second seed Krishan Hooda had an easy first round, beating Suvrat Mall 6-4 6-1. Third seed Sushant Dabas registered a 6-0 6-3 win over Yogee Panwar, while fourth seed Aman Ayub Khan humbled Parveen Kumar 6-3 6-2.

Fifth seed Shashikant Rajput packed off Akash Deb 6-3 6-3. Chandigarh's Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje beat Chirag Duhan 6-4 7-5 and Tushar Madan overpowered Ayush Sharma 6-2 7-5.

Dabas motors on

Dabas, meanwhile, also moved into the boys' U-16 pre-quarters after beating Lakshay Gupta 6-0 6-0. Third seed Ajay Malik tamed Akash Deb 6-1 6-0 and fifth seed Nitin  registered an identical win over Abhay Chhabra. Rohan edged Bharat Jaiswal 6-1 6-0, while Vansh Yadav shunted seventh seed Vansh Bhagtani 6-2 6-3. Karan dismissed Keshav 6-2 6-2. Devesh registered a 6-2 6-1 win over Suvrat to enter the last 16.

Results  

Boys’ U-18:  Ajay Malik bt Ajay Singh 6-4 6-0, Sarthak Sudan bt Jitin Kumar Chetry 6-1 4-6 6-1, Sourabh Sehrawat bt Vansh Yadav 6-0 5-7 6-2, Nitin Jaipal Singh bt Aditya Balsekar 3-6 7-5 6-3, Aman Ayub Khan bt Parveen Kumar 6-3 6-2, Drona Walia bt Vaibhav Singh Bisht 6-4 6-1, Sonu Khan bt Rohan Mittal 6-1 6-4, Shashikant Rajput bt Akash Deb 6-3 6-3, Naresh Badgujar bt Devesh Pratap Pahuja 6-3 6-3, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Chirag Duhan 6-4 7-5, Tushar Madan bt Ayush Sharma 6-2 7-5, Sushant Dabas bt Yogee Panwar 6-0 6-3, Karan Singh bt Akhlendran Indrabalan 6-2 6-1, Md Sameer bt Amit Dahiya 3-6 6-0 6-3, Krishan Hooda bt Suvrat Mall 6-4 6-1

Boys’ U-16:  Sushant Dabas bt Lakshay Gupta 6-0 6-0, Rohan Mittal bt Bharat Jaiswal 6-1 6-0, Vansh Yadav bt Vansh Bhagtani 6-2 6-3, Ajay Malik bt Akash Deb 6-1 6-0, Chirag Duhan bt Jitin Kumar Chetry 6-1 6-2, Nitin Jaipal Singh bt Abhay Chhabra 6-1 6-0, Karan Singh bt Keshav Rathi 6-2 6-2, Devesh Pratap Pahuja bt Suvrat Mall 6-2 6-1, Aditya Balsekar bt Naresh Badgujar 6-1 6-3, Kartik Saxena bt Navya Verma 6-4 6-2, Chirag Gahlot bt Sukhraj Singh 6-1 6-1

Girls’ U-16: Vanshika Choudhary bt Nandini Dixit 6-2 6-0, Riya Kaushik bt Radhika Vasudeva 6-7(7) 6-3 6-3, Poorvi Bhatt bt Odrija Sandilya 6-2 6-2, Deepshika Sriram bt Varda Anand 6-3 6-1, Simran Pritam bt Pawandeep Kaur 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3, Kritika Sansanwal bt Ridhima Mehra 7-5 7-5, Suryanshi Tanwar bt Kavya Khirwar 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1, Shreya Chakraborty bt Kuhoo Atrey 6-1 6-2, Avani Lathwal bt Omisha Nichal 6-3 6-3, Riya Bhatia bt Jyotsana Yadav 6-0 6-3, Muskan Dahiya bt Aditi Singh 6-1 6-3, Lagan Bidhan bt Muskan Malik 6-3 6-2, Ishita Dhutia bt Vanya Tyagi 6-4 2-6 6-4, Konika Singh Dhull bt Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 7-5 6-3, Mekhala Manna bt Sanvi Ahluwalia 5-7 6-4 6-3 

Girls’ U-18: Kaavya Sawhney bt Riya Bhatia 6-1 6-1, Ritika Grewal bt Priyanka Jakhar 6-0 6-0, Mekhala Manna bt Jyotsana Yadav 6-0 6-1, Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt Simran Vudhathu 6-0 6-0, Sukhmani Sahota bt Aarzoo Gill 6-1 6-0