Princy sends Kaur packing

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 20 

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Princy Panchal stunned third seed Kaur Sidhu in the first round of the girls U-18 qualifiers on the opening day of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here, on Saturday. The 11th seed from Haryana won 6-1 6-4. 

Second seed Shreya Chakraborty of West Bengal edged out 14th seed Kaashvi Thapliyal of Delhi 6-1 7-5, while 12th seed Ananya Bhargava of Uttar Pradesh received a walkover against top seed Bhumika Tripathi of Maharashtra. 

Fourth seed Vanya Tyagi of Delhi overcame 13th seed Vanshita Malhotra of Haryana 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the opening round. Sixth seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda of Punjab registered a 6-1 6-4 win over 15th seed Sanya Chadha, while seventh seed Maitreyi Phogat of Chandigarh downed 10th seed Angelina 6-2 6-3.

In the girls’ U-16 qualifiers, top seed Pawandeep Kaur of Punjab humbled ninth seed Mrinalini Sharma 6-3 6-2 in the opening round, while fifth seed Vishita Jhorar of Chandigarh blanked city-mate Tanisha 6-0 6-0. 

Shraey Vir advances

Haryana’s Shraey Vir upset second seed Lakshay Gupta of Chandigarh in a boys’ U-16 second round qualifying match. He won 9-4.

Fourth seed Sarabjot Singh of Punjab defeated Jashandeep Singh 9-1. Fifth seed Aditya Chauhan, sixth seed Gaurav Kumar and Yashsvi Hooda also won their respective matches on Saturday.

Chauhan got the better of Darshan Dilbar Singh, while Kumar ousted Manan Harikumar Chitania. Hooda was too good for Arnav Bishnoi, winning his second round match 9-1. 

Tenth seed Hardik Choudhary of Uttar Pradesh beat Kartik Sunilkumar 9-6, while 11th seed Aryan Arora of Punjab drubbed Damanpreet Singh 9-0. Rijul Bhatia registered an identical win over Angad Singh Rangi. 

Chahalpreet Singh dismissed Hardik Khanduja 9-3 and Chandigarh’s Rakshit Dhankar edged out Delhi’s Raman Yadav 9-6. Anirudh Sangra, also from Chandigarh, downed Rattan Kabir 9-3.

Gaurav moves ahead 

In the boys’ U-18 category, second seed Gaurav Gulia overcame Dhananjay Singh of Himachal Pradesh 9-7 in the second round of the qualifiers. Third seed Aryan Thakur beat Amitoj Singh Sachdeva 9-5, while fourth seed Karan Shandilya outplayed Maharashtra’s Nirav Shetty 9-2. 

Sixth seed Lokesh Pun of Haryana prevailed 9-6 over Aryan Mittal. Akash Deb of Assam managed a 9-3 win over Harmanjot Singh and ninth seed Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje blanked Arshdeep Singh Nagra 9-0. 

Dhanya K Shah trounced Raghav Singh 9-0 in the second round of the qualifiers.

Qualifiers

• Boys’ U-16 2nd round: Hardik Choudhary bt Kartik Sunilkumar 9-6, Shraey Vir bt Lakshay Gupta 9-4, Shashank Singh bt Arnav Harsh 9-5, Rijul Bhatia bt Angad Singh Rangi 9-0, Sarabjot Singh bt Jashandeep Singh 9-1, Aryan Arora bt Damanpreet Singh 9-0, Aditya Chauhan bt Darshan Dilbar Singh 9-1, Chahalpreet Singh bt Hardik Khanduja 9-3, Gaurav Kumar bt Manan Harikumar Chitania 9-1, Shivdev Singh Walia bt Avish Verma 9-8(3), Yashsvi Hooda bt Arnav Bishnoi 9-1, Rakshit Dhankar bt Raman Yadav 9-6, Gurustat Singh Makkar bt Vishal 9-0, Anirudh Sangra bt Rattan Kabir 9-3
• Boys’ U-18 2nd round: Ajay Singh bt Siddharth Nijhawan 9-2, Gaurav Gulia bt Dhananjay Singh 9-7, Yashraj S Dalvi bt Gurmehak Singh 9-3, Aryan Thakur bt Amitoj Singh Sachdeva 9-5, Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Pankaj Kumar 9-3, Karan Shandilya bt Nirav Shetty 9-2, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Arshdeep Singh Nagra 9-0, Abhay Dogra bt Rohitas Kumar Gurjar 9-4, Samar Bir Singh Sidhu bt Keshav Rathi 9-3, Lokesh Pun bt Aryan Mittal 9-6, D Jeffery Sam Prakash bt Sarthak Gandhi 9-5, Akash Deb bt Harmanjot Singh 9-3, Dhanya K Shah bt Raghav Singh 9-0, Abhay Mohan bt Asmit A Khandelwal 9-2
• Girls’ U-16 1st round: Pawandeep Kaur bt Mrinalini Sharma 6-3 6-2, Vishita Jhorar bt Tanisha 6-0 6-0, Avneet Kaur bt Milli Pandit 5-2 (conceded) 
• Girls’ U-18 1st round: Shreya Chakraborty bt Kaashvi Thapliyal 6-1 7-5, Princy Panchal bt Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 6-1 6-4, Vanya Tyagi bt Vanshita Malhotra 6-1 4-6 6-1, Harleen Kaur Dhanda bt Sanya Chadha 6-1 6-4, Maitreyi Phogat bt Angelina 6-2 6-3