Jai stuns Shailendra, enters main draw

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Tribune News Service

Mohali, March 21

Jai Aditya stunned top seed Shailendra Mishra in straight sets to qualify for the boys’ U-16 main draw, on the opening day of the Roots-AITA CS(7) U-16 National Ranking Championship here today. Aditya registered a 6-3 6-2 win over Mishra.

Japnaam Singh received a walkover against second seed Sambhav, while third seed Arpit Garg humbled Parth Sharma 6-1 6-2. Varchasva Thapiyah advanced to the next level with 6-4 6-2 win over Romair Singh, while Gundeep Singh outplayed Aditya Rathore 6-3 6-1.

Prabhav Sibbal dug deep to beat Parmarth Kaushik 7-6(2) 6-4 and Siddharth edged Sehaj Sharma 6-1 6-0.

Earlier in the qualifiers, Aditya defeated Armaan Walia 9-5, Japnaam Singh downed Shauryaa Goyal 9-4 and Romair registered a 9-6 win over Kanwar.