Chirag Duhan makes it to tennis pre-quarters

Chandigarh, January 11

Top seed Chirag Duhan defeated Deep Munim in straight sets (6-4, 6-1) to move into the boys’ U-18 pre-quarterfinals in the ongoing ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors (Grade-2) Championship. R Senthil Kumar registered a (6-0, 6-3) win over Iran’s Kasra Rahmani, while Japanese contender Singo Masuda defeated Anirudh Sangra (6-3, 6-0). Seventh seed USA’s Aayush P Bhat defeated Thailand’s T Boosarawongse (6-1, 6-1).

Another Indian contender Aryan Shah stunned third seed Uzbekistan’s Amir Milushev by logging a (6-3, 3-6, 7-6(2)) win. Korea’s Woohyuk Chang defeated Sarthak Arora (6-2, 6-2) and Yuvan Nandal overpowered Kei Quirijns (6-1, 6-2).

Shruti registers easy win

Top seed Shruti Ahlawat overpowered Japan’s Honoka Umeda in straight sets. Jo-Leen Saw faced a tough competition from Ruma Gaikaiwari before registering win. Hannah Nagpal defeated Pushti Laddha, Lanlana Tararudee blanked Niyati Kukreti and Charmi Gopinath defeated Suhani Gaur in other matches. M Safi defeated Nandini Dixit. —