Top seed Mohit stays on course

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 19 

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Top seed Mohit Mayur of Tamil Nadu lived up to his billing as he packed off sixth seed Neeraj Yashpaul of Chandigarh in straight sets to seal a spot in the men’s semifinals at the CLTA-AITA National Ranking Championship here on Wednesday. Mayur won 6-0 6-3. 

Second seed VM Ranjeet, also from Tamil Nadu, blanked Gujarat’s Puru Upadhyay 6-0 6-0 in the quarterfinals, while third seed Dalwinder Singh of Punjab got the better of fifth seed Jagmeet Singh of Haryana. Dalwinder won 6-2 6-4.

 Fourth seed Suraj Prabodh of Karnataka registered a 6-3 7-5 win over Punjab’s Hardeep Singh Sandhu to complete the semifinal line-up.

Renne quits

In the women’s quarterfinals, Haryana’s Renne Singhla was forced to concede her match against third seed Kashish Bhatia following an injury. Renne was leading 1-0 when she decided to quit the game.  

Vutukuru Lakshmi Sahithi Reddy of Andhra Pradesh ousted sixth seed Prerna Bhambri of Delhi 6-2 6-4, while fourth seed Sravya Shivani C of Telangana humbled seventh seed Avika Sagwal of Delhi 6-2 6-4. Salsa Aher of Maharashtra booker her berth in the semifinals with a 6-1 6-2 win over Odisha’s Bhargavi Kalaga. 

Mohit-Oges in semis 

Mohit Mayur and Oges Theyjo J downed Parav Dev Garg and Ankush Mishra 6-1 6-4 to move into the men’s doubles semifinals. 

LR Balaji and Kavin Masilamani came from behind to upset fourth seed Udayan Bhakar and Mohit Bhardwaj. The duo lost the opening set 5-7 but clawed their way back into the match with a 6-1 win the second. They then sealed the decider 10-2 to stay on course for the final. 

In the women’s doubles quarterfinals, Salsa and Kaavya Sawhney stunned top seed pair of Avika Sagwal and Yubrani Banerjee 6-3 6-4, while Akanksha Dileepkumar Nitture and Kashish Bhatia registered a 6-3 6-2 win over Himanshika Singh and Rutvi Chaudhari. 

Medhavi Singh and Ayushi Singh edged out Riya Uboveja and Rashi Malviya in the last match of the day. The duo won 6-2 6-3.

Quarterfinal results 

Men: Mohit Mayur bt Neeraj Yashpaul 6-0 6-3, Suraj Prabodh bt Hardeep Singh Sandhu 6-3 7-5, Dalwinder Singh bt Jagmeet Singh 6-2 6-4, VM Ranjeet bt Puru Upadhyay 6-0 6-0

Women: Vutukuru Lakshmi Sahithi Reddy bt Prerna Bhambri 6-2 6-4, Sravya Shivani C bt Avika Sagwal 6-2 6-4, Kashish Bhatia bt Renne Singhla 0-1 (conceded), Salsa Aher bt Bhargavi Kalaga 6-1 6-2

Men’s doubles: Mohit Mayur/Oges Theyjo J bt Parav Dev Garg/Ankush Mishra 6-1 6-4, LR Balaji/Kavin Masilamani bt Udayan Bhakar/Mohit Bhardwaj 5-7 6-1 10-2

Women’s doubles: Salsa Aher/Kaavya Sawhney bt Avika Sagwal/Yubrani Banerjee 6-3 6-4, Sanya Yadav/Ananya Yadav bt Vanshika Chaudhary/Renne Singla 0-2 (conceded), Akanksha Dileepkumar Nitture/Kashish Bhatia bt Himanshika Singh/Rutvi Chaudhari 6-3 6-2, Medhavi Singh/Ayushi Singh bt Riya Uboveja/Rashi Malviya 6-2 6-3