Krishan eases into 2nd round

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 16

Top seed Krishan Hooda packed off qualifier Divanshu Hooda in straight sets to ease into the second round of the boys’ U-18 competition in St Stephen’s School CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament here today. The Haryana youngster won 6-3 6-1.

Third seed Bhupender Dahiya registered a 6-4 6-0 win over his Haryana counterpart Ansh Kundu, while Chandigarh’s Sarthak Gandhi downed Khush Sharma of Uttar Pradesh 6-3 6-4 in the opening round. Karnataka’s Ninaad Ravi humbled Arnav Arora of Punjab 6-3 6-2.

Delhi’s Abhik Arora moved into the second round with a convincing 6-0 6-2 win over Aditya Nandwal of Haryana. Uttar Pradesh’s Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje stunned Vaibhav Singh Bisht of Uttarakhand 6-2 6-1 and Haryana’s Shashikant Rajput drubbed Ravinesh Rai of Uttar Pradesh 6-0 6-1.

Gurustat Singh Makkar had an easy outing against Rohan Vikas Phule of Maharashtra. The Punjab lad won 6-2 6-0.

Torus Rawat of Uttarakhand booked a place in second round with a 7-5 6-3 win over fourth seed Pranay Choudhary of Rajasthan.

Sai stays on course

In the girls’ U-18 competition, third seed Sai Rajesh Bhoyar of Maharashtra dismissed state-mate Millee Rajesh Chug 6-0 6-1 in the opening round.

Ruma Ashutosh Gaikaiwari, also from Maharashtra, registered a 6-2 7-6(7) win over Delhi’s Ananya Singh, while Harnoor Kaur Sidhu of Haryana drubbed state-mate Sweta Rana 6-1 6-0. Chandigarh’s Konika Singh Dhull edged out Meher Mishra of Uttar Pradesh 6-2 6-1.

Chandigarh’s Radhika Vasudeva shunted out city-mate Vishita Ranbir Kumar in the first round. Radhika won 6-1 6-1. Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar of Tamil Nadu defeated Haryana’s Aditi Singh 6-1 6-3, while fourth seed Anjali Rathi accounted for Chandigarh’s Riya Kaushik in the opening round. The Haryana girl won 6-0 6-3.

Harleen Kaur Dhanda of Punjab rallied to beat second Pavithra Reddy Narem of Andhra Pradesh in the first round. Harleen lost the opening set 6-7(4), but came back strongly to win the next two sets 6-3 6-2 and move into the second round of the championship.

Deep advances

Top seed Deep Munim showed the door to Delhi’s Raghav Poonia in the boys’ U-16 opening round. The youngster from Madhya Pradesh won 6-1 6-2.

Sixth seed Lakshay Vivek Kumar of Haryana dispatched Punjab’s Avish Verma 6-3 6-0, while Adhirit Awal of Tamil Nadu stunned third seed Khush Sharma of Uttar Pradesh 6-2 6-1 in the first round. Rijul Bhatia of Haryana bowed to state-mate Vitin Rathee 5-7 2-6.

Aryan Arora was too good for Uttar Pradesh’s Arnav Malik. The Punjab youngster won 6-1 6-0. Seventh seed Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje blanked Chandigarh’s Dhairya Chadha 6-0 6-0, while city lad Gaurav Kumar ousted Gurnoor Singh Kular of Punjab 6-3 6-0 in the first round.

Second seed Ajay Singh of Haryana registered a 6-3 6-0 win over Chandigarh’s Lakshay Gupta and Rajasthan’s Natansh Mina humbled Kartik Sunil Kumar, also from Chandigarh, 6-3 6-3.

Lakshmi progresses

In the girls’ U-16 opening round, top seed Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar of Tamil Nadu humbled Haryana’s Vanya Arora 6-3 7-5, while Niharika Praveen Deshmukh of Telangana drubbed Ivleen 6-2 6-0. Chandigarh’s Riya Kaushik downed city-mate Maitreyi Phogat 6-0 7-5.

Fifth seed Tanushri Pandey of Uttar Pradesh edged past Millee Rajesh Chug of Maharashtra 7-6(3) 6-3, while third seed Kavya Khirwar of Delhi trounced Chandigarh’s Vishita Ranbir Kumar 6-0 6-2. Eighth seed Meher Mishra registered a 6-1 6-2 win over Delhi’s Simran Singh.