Sukhpreet overcomes Aakarshit’s dare
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, December 19
Punjab’s Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje stunned second seed Aakarshit Mahajan of Jammu and Kashmir to qualify for the quarterfinal round of the boys’ U-18 category in the ongoing CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament.
Jhoje lost the first set in a tie-breaker 6-7(3) but returned strongly to log a 6-3 6-1 victory to confirm his berth in the quarters.
Haryana’s Ajay Singh upset top seed Shashikant Rajput 6-3 6-4. Punjab’s Manveer Singh defeated Hitesh Yadav of Haryana 6-2 6-0. Local boy Uddayvir Singh beat Mankirat Singh Baidwan of Punjab 6-3 6-3 to log easy win. Aryan Thakur beat Svamin Sharma of Punjab 6-4 6-2 and fifth seed Asav Kumar beat Sidharth Goel 6-3 6-4.
In the boys’ U-16 category, top seed Uddayvir Singh defeated Samarbit Singh Sidhu of Punjab 6-2 6-2. Third seed Ajay Singh outclassed Gurustat Singh Makkar 6-2 6-0. Fifth seed Jitin Kumar Chetry of Punjab defeated fourth seed Parth Goel 6-4 6-3.
Fourth seed Manveer Singh of Punjab defeated Gaurav Kumar 6-3 7-5 and seventh seed Jhoje defeated Rishi Dahiya 6-0 6-0.
Top seed Simran Pritam beat Ridhima Mehra 6-1 6-1 to move ahead in the girls’ U-18 category. Harnoor Kaur Sidhu of Haryana got a walkover sixth seed Vrinda Sharma while Kuhoo Atrey of Uttarakhand defeated seventh seed Sukhmani Sahota of Punjab 6-1 4-6 6-4. In the girls’ U-16 category, fourth seed Sukhmani Sahota defeated Vanya Arora of Haryana 6-0 6-0. Kuhoo defeated Rajasthan’s Mansi Mahla 6-0 6-0 while eighth seed Vaibhavi Saxena of Karnataka came from one set down to beat Ridhima Mehra of Punjab 3-6 6-3 6-2.
Results
Boy's U-18
Ajay Singh bt Shashikant Rajput 6-3 6-4, Manveer Singh bt Hitesh Yadav 6-2 6-0, Uddayvir Singh bt Mankirat Singh Baidwan 6-3 6-3, Aryan Thakur bt Svamin Sharma 6-4 6-2, Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Parveen Kumar 7-6(6) 6-4, Yuvraj Singh Kooka bt Gaurav Kumar 6-2 6-0, Asav Kumar bt Sidharth Goel 6-3 6-4, Sukpreet Singh Jhoje bt Aakarshit Mahajan 6-7(3) 6-3 6-1
Boy's U-16
Uddayvir Singh bt Samarbit Singh Sidhu 6-2 6-2, Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Parth Goel 6-4 6-3, Manveer Singh bt Gaurav Kumar 6-3 7-5, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Rishi Dahiya 6-0 6-0
