CLTA-AITA CHAMPIONSHIP: Ekam Kaur Shergill beats Inayat Sharma, enters semis

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Chandigarh, July 5

Top seed Ekam Kaur Shergill defeated Inayat Sharma (6-0, 6-1) to storm into the girls’ U-12 semi-finals during the ongoing CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament.

Ananya Sharma defeated Adhya Bisht (6-3, 6-1) and third seed Maahira Bhatia also logged an easy (6-0, 6-1) win over Amaira Aulakh. Second seed Rabiah Dullet outclassed Avni Uttam (6-0, 6-0).

In the pre-quarterfinals of girls’ U-18 category, top seed Riya Kaushik defeated Kritika Sharma (6-0, 6-1) and fifth seed Rubani Kaur Sidhu overpowered Akshita Vashisht (6-2, 6-0). Bhumi Kakkar stunned third seed Ananya Dogra by registering a (6-2, 6-0) win and in another major upset of the day, Rhosyn William defeated second seed Poonam K (6-3, 6-2). Ananya Chaudhary defeated fourth seed Sharyana R (6-0, 6-2) and Vanya Arora defeated Khawaish Yadav (6-0, 6-1). Saanvi Garg blanked Vanshika Mehta (6-1, 6-0) and second seed Radha Sadhra ousted Harshita Sharma (6-0, 6-0).

Svarmanyu wins a stunner

Svarmanyu Singh won a tough competition against Parmarth Kaushik as he logged a (6-2, 6-7(5), 6-0) victory in the boys’ U-18 pre-quarterfinal. Second seed Yagna Pradip Patel defeated Devansh Parajuli (6-2, 6-1) and third seed Bhicky Sagolshem outplayed Arnav Chaudhary (6-1, 6-0). Arnav Bishnoi defeated Gagneesh Chugh (6-0, 6-1), Daksh Gupta logged a comeback (2-6, 6-1, 6-1) win over Daksh Prem Rajpurohit and Aaradhaya Dwivedi defeated Arnav Jain (6-4, 6-4). Anirudh Sangra also marched ahead by defeating Yashasvi Balhara (6-1, 6-4) and Keshav Dangi defeated Abhinav Sangra (6-2, 6-4). In the boys’ U-12 pre-quarterfinals, top seed Heet Kandoriya defeated Samarveer Singh Pundeer (6-1, 6-1). Mohit Singh outplayed Ayaan Chandel (6-1, 6-4) and Ranbir Singh defeated Prabhnoor Kalsi (6-3, 6-0). Manav Shatrunga also marched ahead by defeating Nikunj Bansal (6-3, 6-4) and Taksheel Naagar defeated Sarthak Jaglan (6-1, 6-4). Aarush Jain defeated Ribhav Saroha (6-2, 6-2), Ashwin Chauhan outplayed Kabir Mehta (6-4, 6-3) and Ashish Kumar defeated second seed Astitva Sodhi (6-3, 6-3).