Nimrat beats Vishita, eases into quarters

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, April 24

Top seed Nimrat Kaur Atwal packed off Vishita Ranbir Kumar 6-2 6-1 to book a berth in the girls’ U-14 quarterfinals in the ongoing CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here on Tuesday. 

Fourth seed Radhika Vasudeva also advanced to the last-eight stage of the championship after a facile 6-1 6-3 win over Omisha Nischal. Fifth seed Catherine Bhangu registered 7-5 6-4 over Saumrita Verma of Uttar Pradesh, while sixth seed Harnoor Kaur of Haryana humbled Gauri Arora 6-1 6-1. 

Seventh seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda of Punjab tamed Samaira Pahwa 6-2 6-0 to make a move into the quarterfinals.

Himaanshika moves ahead

In the girls’ U-18 category, top seed Himaanshika downed Snigdha Sran 6-0 6-1, while second seed Sarah Dev of Punjab blanked Navya Srivastava 6-0 6-0. 

Fourth seed Simran Pritam of Punjab overcame Vrinda Sharma 7-5 3-6 6-1, while fifth seed Priyanka Jakhar of Haryana rallied from a set down to beat Radhika Vasudeva. 

Priyanka lost the opening set 2-6, but came back strongly to win the next two sets 6-3 6-2 to ensure a place in the quarterfinals. 

Sixth seed Princy Panchal of Haryana edged out Anushka Sharma 6-2 6-0, while seventh seed Nimrat Kaur Atwal beat Pawandeep Kaur 6-4 6-3. Suryanshi Tanwar of Haryana surprised eighth seed Sukhmani Singh 6-3 6-0.

Abhay in quarters

Top seed Abhay Chhabra of Delhi, meanwhile, handed a 6-0 6-0 drubbing to local contender Yash Solanky in the boys’ U-14 pre-quarterfinals. 

Third seed Arhaan Pahwa registered a 6-2 6-0 win over Punjab’s Harjot Singh, while fourth seed Shivdev Singh Walia of Haryana overcame Maharashtra’s Joshua John Eapen in a marathon three-setter. 

Walia won the opening set 6-0 but Eapen restored the parity with a 6-4 win in the next set. Walia, however, regained his composure to clinch the decider 7-5. 

Drona, Naresh advance

In the boys’ U-18 pre-quarterfinals, Drona Walia of Uttarakhand mastered Parveen Kumar 6-1 6-2, while third seed Naresh Badgujar of Haryana edged past Punjab’s Gurustat Singh Makkar 6-4 6-3. Fourth seed Uddayvir Singh registered a 6-3 6-4 win over Haryana’s Divanshu Hooda. 

The quarterfinal matches in all the categories will be played on Wednesday.

Pre-quarterfinals 

Boys’ U-14: Abhay Chhabra bt Yash Solanky 6-0 6-0, Yugraj Singh bt Navya Verma 6-0 6-4, Arhaan Pahwa bt Harjot Singh 6-2 6-0, Aditya Goyat bt Keshav Dangi 6-3 6-1, Madhav Sharma bt Pranay Sharma 6-3 6-0, Shivdev Singh Walia bt Joshua John Eapen 6-0 4-6 7-5, Aryan Thakur bt Adhirit Awal 7-5 6-0, Samar Bir Singh Sidhu bt Aditya Chauhan 6-0 6-4 

Boys’ U-18: Drona Walia bt Parveen Kumar 6-1 6-2, Bhupender Dahiya bt Siddharth Basaiti 6-2 6-2, Naresh Badgujar bt Gurustat Singh Makkar 6-4 6-3, Devesh Pratap Pahuja bt Gaurav Kumar 6-3 6-2, Kartik Parhar bt Rohan Mittal 1-6 6-3 6-4, Uddayvir Singh bt Divanshu Hooda 6-3 6-4, Yuvraj Singh Kooka bt Aditya Balda 6-0 6-1, Shashikant Rajput bt Shashwat Kohli 6-2 6-1 

Girls’ U-18: Himaanshika bt Snigdha Sran 6-0 6-1, Priyanka Jakhar bt Radhika Vasudeva 2-6 6-3 6-2, Simran Pritam bt Vrinda Sharma 7-5 3-6 6-1, Princy Panchal bt Anushka Sharma 6-2 6-0, Nimrat Kaur Atwal bt Pawandeep Kaur 6-4 6-3, Amreen Sindh bt Harleen Kaur Dhanda 6-2 6-3, Suryanshi Tanwar bt Sukhmani Singh 6-3 6-0, Sarah Dev bt Navya Srivastava 6-0 6-0 

Girls’ U-14: Nimrat Kaur Atwal bt Vishita Ranbir Kumar 6-2 6-1, Harnoor Kaur bt Gauri Arora 6-1 6-1, Radhika Vasudeva bt Omisha Nischal 6-1 6-3, Catherine Bhangu bt Saumrita Verma 7-5 6-4, Harleen Kaur Dhanda bt Samaira Pahwa 6-2 6-0, Jyotsana Yadav bt Sargam Singla 6-0 6-2, Vanya Arora bt Rubani Kaur 6-4 6-3, Suryanshi Tanwar bt Bhumi Kakkar 6-1 6-1