Shashikant sails into 2nd round
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, May 1
Top seed Shashikant Rajput lived up to his billing as he drubbed Delhi’s Hardik Malik 6-1 6-0 to storm into the boys’ U-16 second round in the CLTA-AITA National Series Tennis Tournament here today.
Third seed Jagtar Arora of Haryana registered a 6-2 6-2 win over Rushil Bansal, while fourth seed Naresh Badgujar overcame Manveer Singh 7-5 6-2 in the opening round.
Fifth seed Kushan Shah of Gujarat had an easy outing against local lad Abhay Mohan as he won 6-1 6-1 to advance to the next stage.
Krishan Hooda beat Deepanshu Hooda 6-2 6-1, while Anish Lal
got the better Aditya Balda 6-1 6-0.
Rahat Mangat of the CLTA, meanwhile, edged out Konika Singh Dhull 6-0 6-2 to book a place in the girls’ U-16 second round.
Priyanka Jakhar overpowered Catherine Bhangu 6-2 6-1, while Karnataka’s Sania Manoj Masand registered a 6-3 6-4 win over Nimrat Kaur Atwal of Chandigarh. Asmita Kaur overcame Shreya Chakraborty 7-6(4) 6-1.
1st round results
Boys’ U-16: Shashikant Rajput bt Hardik Malik 6-1 6-0, Deepender Grewal bt Rudra Kapoor 7-5 0-6 7-5, Krish Patel bt Chaitanya Choudhary 6-0 6-1, Aakarshit Mahajan bt Hritesh Balmiki 6-2 6-2, Sushant Dabas bt Vaibhav Singh Bisht 6-2 6-1, Ajay Singh bt Aditya Vardhan Roy Chowdhary 6-4 7-6(4), Yash Dabas bt Ubaid Alam 6-0 6-1, Aaryan Pandit bt Bhavesh Kumar Agarwal 6-1 6-2, Naresh Badgujar bt Manveer Singh 7-5 6-2, Shrut Mohan Nargeta bt Anmol Jain 6-2 7-5, Uddayvir Singh bt Kanishk Pal 6-0 4-6 6-2, Bhupender Dhaiya bt Shreejit Sen 6-2 6-3, Drona Walia bt Sankaar Sajay Choubey 6-2 6-2, Lokender Pun bt Raj Goswami 1-6 6-3 6-2, Anish Lal bt Aditya Balda 6-1 6-0, Nitin Jaipal Singh bt Deepesh Sangwan 6-1 6-4, Kushan Shah bt Abhay Mohan 6-1 6-1, Sonu Khan bt Aarav Singh Gill 6-4 6-3, Aman Dahiya bt Sammir Raina 6-2 6-3, Jaishvin Singh Sidana bt Prateek Saroha 6-2 7-5, Krishan Hooda bt Divanshu Hooda 6-2 6-1, Siddarth Nijhawan bt Karan Singh 6-4 6-4, Nishant Dabas bt Prashant kumar 6-0 6-2, Jagtar Arora bt Rushil Bansal 6-2 6-2, Ajay Malik bt Devesh Pahuja 6-0 6-3, Gaurav Kumar bt Jasmeet Duhan 6-3 6-2
Girls’ U-16: Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt Amreen Sidhu 6-2 6-1, Sandeepti Singh Rao bt Princy Panchal 6-3 6-1, Rahat Mangat bt Konika Singh Dhul 6-0 6-2, Rupal Kharab bt Hanshika Mor 6-2 6-1, Priyanka Jakhar bt Catherine Bhangu 6-2 6-1, Simran Pritam bt Kalyanie Singh 6-3 6-1, Renne Singla bt Renee Sharma 6-3 3-6
6-1, Chhavi Rathi bt Divija A Godse 6-2 6-4, Shanaya Milan Naik bt Muskan Dahiya 6-3 7-6(3), Asmita Kaur bt Shreya Chakraborty 7-6(4) 6-1, Shardha Chhabra bt Avani Lathwal 6-1 6-0, Atrey Kuhoo bt Kavya Khirwar 6-4 5-7 6-3, Jigyasa Sharma bt Harmandeep Kaur 6-1 6-0, Sukhmani Singh bt Lavanya Sabharwal 6-1 6-1
