Sanskriti, Nimrat ease into quarters

Mohali, October 3

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Sanskriti Gupta brushed aside Priyanka Khanna 6-2 7-5 to enter the girls’ U-16 quarterfinals in the ongoing Roots-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championship here today. 

In another pre-quarterfinal match, Nimrat Kaur Atwal registered a 6-1 6-1 win over Jeshna Solanki. 

In the boys’ U-16 pre-quarterfinals, Akhilendran blanked Anant Goel 6-0 6-0, while Asav Kumar defeated Gurustat 6-4 6-2. Pranay Choudhury rallied from a set down to beat Samarbir Singh in a marathon three-setter. Choudhury lost the opening set 6-7(3), but bounced back to draw level with a 6-1 win in the second set. He then registered a 13-11 win in the decider to seal a spot in the quarters. Mankirat Singh was put to test by Rahul Kumar before he progressed to the quarterfinals with a 7-6(4) 6-7(5) (15-13) win. — TNS

Results 

Boys’ U-16 pre-quarters: Nishank Thakur bt Pranay Sharma 6-0 6-1, Abhay Mohan bt Shubh Negi 4-6 6-3 7-5

Girls’ U-16 1st round: Khushi Sharma bt Akshita Saran 9-0, Neha Pal bt Gauri Arora 9-4, Shreya Gautam bt Radhika Vasudeva 9-7, Anusha bt Jasmay Cogi 9-4, Niyati Kukreti bt Rubani 9-1, Anya Jacob bt Vanya Arora 9-0, Priyanka Khanna bt Vanshita Malothra 9-1