Top seeds Krishan, Ameek sail into quarters

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Chandigarh, August 22  

Top seed Krishan Hooda blanked Nishank Thakur 9-0 to qualify for the quarterfinals of the boys’ U-16 category in the St. Stephen’s CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament here today. In another pre-quarterfinal match, second seed Bhupender Dahiya defeated Divyanshu Hooda 9-4, while third seed Uddayvir Singh logged an easy 9-3 victory over Pranay Sharma. Fifth seed and local trainee Ajay Singh also moved into the quarterfinals after defeating Mankeerat 9-7, while Sixth seed Manveer Singh beat Siddharth Goel 9-3.

In the girls’ U-16 category, top seed Ameek Kiran Batth beat qualifier Anya Jacob 9-3. Second seed Simran Pritam faced some resistance from Snigdha Sran before winning the match 9-7. Third seed Princy Panchal also won her match with ease, beating Anushka Sharma 9-3. Fourth seed Konika Singh Dhull beat Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 9-4.

Vaibhavi Saxena registered an upset win over fifth seed Lavanaya Sabharwal (9-7). Qualifier Chandni Srinivasan also registered a stunning victory over seventh seed Amreen Sidhu in a tie-break finish 9-8(4).In the boys’ U-12 category, top seed Rushil Khosla defeated qualifier Aryan Mangal 9-5. Second seed Keshav Goel defeated Jashan Gupta 9-1, third seed Navya Verma defeated qualifier Azeez Anandand, while fifth seed Rijul Bhatia beat Satvik Singla 9-1. 

Results (pre-quarterfinals)

Boys’ U-16: Krishan Hooda bt Nishank Thakur 9-0, Ajay Singh bt Mankeerat Singh Baidwan 9-7, Uddayvir Singh bt Pranay Sharma 9-3, Swamin Sharma bt Jitin Kumar Chetry 9-5, Manveer Singh bt Siddharth Goel 9-3, Abhay Mohan bt Arhaan Pahwa 9-1, Sarabjot Singh bt Gaurav Kumar 9-7, Bhupender Dahiya bt Divyanshu Hooda 9-4

Girls’ U-16: Ameek Kiran Batth bt Anya Jacob 9-3, Aditi Singh bt Aaditaa Vashisht 9-7,     Konika Singh Dhull bt Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 9-4, Chandni Srinivasan bt Amreen Sidhu 9-8(4), Pawandeep Kaur bt Mrinalini Sharma 9-8(2), Princy Panchal bt Anushka Sharma 9-3, Vaibhavi Saxena bt Lavanaya Sabharwal 9-7, Simran Pritam bt Snigdha Sran 9-7

Boys’ U-12: Rushil Khosla bt Aryan Mangal 9-5, Svarmanyu Singh bt Harjot Singh 9-3, Harikesh Iyer bt Keshav Dangi 9-5, Arjun Jitendra Abhayankar bt Madhav Sharma 9-6, Rijul Bhatia bt Satvik Singla 9-1, Navya Verma bt Azeez Anand 9-1, Shraey Vir bt Hitesh Chauhan 9-3, Keshav Goel bt Jashan Gupta 9-1

Girls’ U-12: Vaibhavi Saxena bt Avneet Kaur 9-2, Vanya Arora bt Jui Kale 9-2, Durganshi bt Omesha Nischal 9-4,  Agrima Gandhi bt Sukhman Kaur Samra 9-2, Chandni Srinivasan bt Aandita Sharma 9-1, Anya Jacob bt Ananya Dogra 9-0, Maitreyi Phogat [6] bt Vishita Ranbir Kumar 9-7, Suryanshi Tanwar bt Meher Kaur Brar 9-1

Boys’ U-16 (doubles): Avish Verma / Harmanjot Singh bt Gaurav Kumar/ Aryan Thakur 6-3 6-2, Gurstat Singh Makkar / Manveer Singh bt Parth Goel / Swamin Sharma 6-1 7-5, Siddharth Goel / Mankeerat Singh Baidwan bt Arhaan Pahwa / Pranay Chopra 6-2 6-0, Pranay Sharma / Himanshu Sharma bt Svarmanyu Singh / Arjun Jitendra Abhayankar 6-2 6-1 

Girls’ U-16 (doubles): Jyotsana Yadav / Jaskeerat Kaur bt Nimrat Kaur Atwal/ Suryanshi Tanwar 3-6 6-4 10-7, Mrinalini Sharma / Snigdha Sran bt Maitreyi Phogat / Vanya Arora 6-1 6-1.

Swamin Sharma 6-1 7-5, Siddharth Goel / Mankeerat Singh Baidwan bt Arhaan Pahwa / Pranay Chopra 6-2 6-0, Pranay Sharma / Himanshu Sharma bt Svarmanyu Singh / Arjun Jitendra Abhayankar 6-2 6-1