Sagrika, Mansi confirm pre-quarters berth

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, December 18

Sagrika Ramesh Soni of Karnataka faced resistance before defeating local challenger Riya Kaushik in the first round main-draw match of the girls' U-16 category in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament. 

Soni, after going down in the first set 2-6, made a comeback by winning the next two sets 6-3 6-2. Rajasthan's Mansi Mahla defeated local player Maitreyi Phogat. Mahla won the first set 6-4 but Phogat levelled the scores by winning the next set 6-4. In the final set, Mahla played well to beat her opponent 6-4. 

Bhoomi Kakkar defeated Ananya Dogra 6-1 6-1. Punjab's Ridhima Mehra registered a convincing 6-4 6-2 win over Catherine Bhangu in another easy encounter.  

In the girls' U-18 category, Haryana's Harnoor Kaur Sidhu beat Pawandeep Kaur of Punjab 3-6 6-2 7-6(4). 

Kuhoo Atrey of Uttarakhand defeated local girl Jyotsana Yadav 6-3 6-1 while Amarjot Kaur Bundhel overpowered Adity Dogra 6-0 7-6(3).

Samarbit Singh Sidhu of Punjab defeated his practice partner Harmanjot Singh 6-1 6-1 to enter the pre-quarterfinal round. 

Local contender Gaurav Kumar beat Avish Verma of Punjab 6-1 6-0 while Rishi Dahiya of Punjab overpowered Himanshu Gehlawat 6-0 7-5. Gurustat Singh Makkar defeated Lakshay Gupta 6-1 6-0, Aryan Thakur beat Arhaan Pahwa 6-1 6-2 and Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje beat Pranav Chopra 6-1 6-1.

Punjab's Manveer Singh stunned seventh seed Shrut Mohan Nargeta in a three-setter during the boys' U-18 category match. Manveer after winning the first set 6-3, went down in next 3-6. In the final set, Manveer logged a 6-3 victory to confirm his berth in the pre-quarters. 

Haryana's Hitesh Yadav defeated Punjab's Ayush Batta 6-2 6-1, Punjab's Mankirat Singh Baidwan beat Nishant Kakkar 6-0 6-3 and local player Gaurav Kumar defeated Gurustat Singh Makkar 6-3 6-0. The pre-quarterfinals matches will be played on Tuesday.

Results

Boy's under-18

Ajay Singh bt Sarabjot Singh 6-1 7-6(5), Hitesh Yadav bt Ayush Batta 6-2 6-1 ,Manveer Singh (PB) bt Shrut Mohan Nargeta [7] (PB) 6-3 3-6 6-3, Mankirat Singh Baidwan bt Nishant Kakkar 6-0 6-3, Svamin Sharma bt Saurav Yadav 6-1 4-6 7-6(1), Aryan Thakur bt Shashwat Kohli 5-7 6-4 6-4, Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Chaitanya Choudhary 6-4 6-2, Gaurav Kumar bt Gurustat Singh Makkar 6-3 6-0, Sidharth Goel bt Shaurya Senwal 4-6 6-1 6-3, Sukpreet Singh Jhoje bt Avish Verma 6-3 6-0

Boy's U-16 

Samarbit Singh Sidhu bt Harmanjot Singh 6-1 6-1, Gaurav Kumar bt Avish Verma 6-1 6-0, Rishi Dahiya bt Himanshu Gehlawat 6-0 7-5, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Pranav Chopra 6-1 6-1, Mankirat Singh Baidwan bt Sarabjot Singh 6-2 6-4, Amitoj Singh Sachdeva bt Navya Verma 6-4 6-3, Gurustat Singh Makkar bt Lakshay Gupta 6-1 6-0, Sidharth Goel bt Sarthak Arora 6-7(8) 6-2 7-5, Aryan Thakur bt Arhaan Pahwa 6-1 6-2

Girl's U-18

Harnoor Kaur Sidhu bt Pawandeep Kaur 3-6 6-2 7-6(4), Kuhoo Atrey bt Jyotsana Yadav 6-3 6-1, Amarjot Kaur Bundhel bt Adity Dogra 6-0 7-6(3)

Girl's U-16 

Mansi bt Maitreyi Phogat 6-4 4-6 6-4, Sagrika Ramesh Soni bt Riya 2-6 6-3 6-2