Easy win for Punjab lads on Day 1

Our Sports Correspondent

Ludhiana, May 5

Participants from Punjab scripted easy wins in the qualifying round matches on the opening day of the All-India Tennis Association (AITA) Championship Series Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-12 and 14) being organised by the Ace Tennis Academy at New Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, here on Saturday.

Vikramjeet Singh, tournament director, said around 150 participants from different parts of the country would participate in this championship that would conclude on May 11.

In the boys’ U-14 category, players from Punjab, who came out victorious on Saturday, include Manjot Singh, Damanpreet Singh, Sikander Singh, Bhupinder Singh, Aradhya Kapoor, Parminder Singh, Gurnoor Singh, Sukhraj Singh, Chahalpreet Singh and Shantanu Nagrath.

First day’s results

Boys (U-14): Manjot Singh (Punjab) beat Jaskaran Singh (Punjab) 6-2, 6-1; Deepak Saha (Maharashtra) beat Yuvraj Rastogi (Jharkhand) 6-2, 6-3; Damanpreet Singh (Punjab) beat Jindpal Singh (Punjab) 6-4, 6-4; Kunal Mahesh (Uttarakhand) beat Majotpreet Singh (Punjab) 6-1, 6-0; Sikander Singh (Punjab) beat Manveer Singh (Punjab) 6-4, 6-4; Bhupinder Pal Singh (Punjab) beat Gaurav Joshi (Punjab) 6-4, 6-1.

Ardhaya Kapoor (Punjab) beat Anhad Singh Oberoi (Punjab) 6-2, 6-1; Parminder Singh (Punjab) beat Rattan Kabir (Punjab) 6-4, 6-0; Gurnoor Singh (Punjab) beat Abhijot Singh (Punjab) 6-2, 6-2; Sukhraj Singh (Punjab) beat Damanpreet Singh (Punjab) 6-1, 6-1; Chahalpreet Singh (Punjab) beat Sikander Singh (Punjab) 6-4, 7-5; Bhupinder Pal Singh (Punjab) beat Uday Sharma (Punjab) 6-4, 6-2; Shantanu Nagrath (Punjab) beat Manveer Singh (Punjab) 6-2, 6-4; Derek Saha (Maharashtra) beat Mohd Akram (Delhi) 6-2, 6-4 and Gurnoor Singh (Punjab) beat Kunal Mahesh (Uttrakhand) 6-3, 6-4.