Vaishnavi in sight of twin titles

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, November 7

Vaishnavi Adkar continued her impressive run in the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament as she won both her semifinal matches with relative ease today to stay in contention for twin titles.    

In the girls’ U-16 competition, Vaishnavi blanked Suryanshi Tanwar 6-0 6-0 to set up the title clash with Sanvi Ahluwalia, who registered a 6-4 6-1 win over Janani Ramesh in the semis.

Vaishnavi then drubbed Deepalakshmi Vanaraja 6-1 6-0 to march into the U-18 final, where she will meet Vanshika Choudhary.

Vanshika packed off Kavya Khirwar 6-1 6-1 in the semifinals. 

Mixed day for Deep

Top seed Deep Munim, meanwhile, downed eighth seed Khush Sharma 6-1 6-4 in the boys’ U-16 semifinals. In the final, Munim will face Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje, who came from behind to beat seventh seed Jitin Kumar Chetry in a marathon three-setter. 

Jhoje lost the opening set 6-7(2), but came back strongly to win the next two sets 6-4 6-3 to stay alive in the competition. 

Munim, though, bowed 1-6 2-6 to top seed Krishan Hooda in the boys’ U-18 semifinals. 

Sushant Dabas thrashed Divanshu Hooda 6-0 6-0 to set up the final date with Krishan Hooda.

Semifinals

• Boys’ U-18: Krishan Hooda bt Deep Munim 6-1 6-2, Sushant Dabas bt Divanshu Hooda 6-0 6-0
• Boys’ U-16: Deep Munim bt Khush Sharma 6-1 6-4, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Jitin Kumar Chetry 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3
• Girls’ U-16: Vaishnavi Adkar bt Suryanshi Tanwar 6-0 6-0, Sanvi Ahluwalia bt Janani Ramesh 6-4 6-1
• Girls’ U-18: Vaishnavi Adkar bt Deepalakshmi Vanaraja 6-1 6-0, Vanshika Choudhary bt Kavya Khirwar 6-1 6-1