Princy enters main draw

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 18

Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) trainees Nikita Kharangra, Princy Panhchal and Simran Pritam qualified for the main draw of National Series Road to Wimbledon Tournament, here today.

It was a good start for Simran Pritam playing her 1st AITA tournament, she got a wild card entry in the qualifyiers, and beat 4th seed Srishty Dheer in straight sets. Simran was down 2-5 in the first set. She won next set five games to win the first set and won the second set by conceding only one game.

Another CHART trainee Nikita Kharngra upset third seed Akshita Sharma in straight sets winning 6-4, 6-3. Eighth seed Princy Panchal of CHART defeated her practice partner Bindu Kulhriya in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 to move into the main draw.

CLTA trainee eighth seed Uddayvir Singh defeated Navkush Kshitij 7-5, 6-3 to move into the main draw. Top seed Tribhuvan Reddy of Tamil Nadu also moved into main draw by defeating Sam Chawla 6-4, 6-2.

Results: Boys final round: Tribhuvan Reddy bt. Sam Chawla 6-4, 6-2; Jaishvin Sidana bt. Sidharth 6-1, 6-2; Divyansh Agrahari bt. Arjun Jashnani 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Arka Ganguly bt. Raghav Singh 6-0, 6-0; Chiraz Dandona bt. Abhay Mohan 6-3, 6-4; Sarthak Suden bt. Aakarshit Mahajan 6-3, 7-6(4); Archit Sinha bt. Aryan Pandit 7-5, 6-4; Uddayvir Singh bt. Navkush Kshitij 7-5, 6-3.

Girls final round: Smriti Singh bt. Alisha Menon 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Sambhavi Tiwari bt. Damini hoon 6-3, 6-4; Nikita Kharangra bt. Akshita Sharma 6-4, 6-3; Simran Pritam bt. Srishti Dhir 7-5, 6-1; Kaavya Sawhney bt. Archita Mahalwla 6-3, 6-2; Priya Nayak bt. Harleen Kaur 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Diya Chauhan bt. Vrinda Sharma 6-1, 6-1; Princy Panchal bt. Bindu Kulhriya 6-2, 6-1.