Krishan enters main draw

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 15

Krishan Hooda packed off Gaurav Kumar in straight sets in the third round of the boys’ U-18 qualifiers and sealed a spot in the main draw of St Stephen’s School CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament here today. The Haryana youngster won 6-1 6-1.

Delhi’s Sammr Raina registered a 6-3 6-3 win over Telangana’s Rajeshwar Reddy Patlolla, while Haryana’s Shashikant Rajput humbled Daksh Prasad of Madhya Pradesh 7-6(8) 6-4 in the last round of the qualifiers.

Himachal Pradesh’s Dhananjay Singh downed Vitin Rathee of Haryana 6-3 6-1 and Gurustate Singh Makkar of Punjab registered a 6-4 7-5 win over state-mate Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje. Assam’s Udday Jyoti Das made it to the main draw with a 2-6 6-2 6-1 win over Delhi’s Arjun Phogaat.

Yuvraj moves ahead

In the boys’ U-16 competition, Punjab’s Yuvraj Singh edged out state-mate Vinayak Vij 6-1 6-4 to move into the main draw.

Aarush Sharma, also from Punjab, prevailed 6-2 1-6 6-2 over Yuvraj Bhardwaj, while Chandigarh’s Lakshya Gupta trounced Yash Solanky 6-2 6-1. Chahalpreet Singh dismissed his Punjab counterpart Rattan Kabir 6-3 6-2 in the last leg of the qualifiers.

Parag Jain of Delhi ousted city lad Anirudh Sangra 7-5 6-1, while Arnav Malik beat Yashvardhan Gaur 6-2 7-6(4).

Qualifiers

Boys’ U-18: Krishan Hooda bt Gaurav Kumar 6-1 6-1, Sammr Raina bt Rajeshwar Reddy Patlolla 6-3 6-3, Shashikant Rajput bt Daksh Prasad 7-6(8) 6-4, Dhananjay Singh bt Vitin Rathee 6-3 6-1, Gurustate Singh Makkar bt Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje 6-4 7-5, Udday Jyoti Das bt Arjun Phogaat 2-6 6-2 6-1, Aryan Arora bt Karan Shandilya 4-6 6-1 6-1, Jaishnav Bajirao Shindey bt Ajay Singh 7-5 1-6 6-3

Boys’ U-16: Yuvraj Singh bt Vinayak Vij 6-1 6-4, Aarush Sharma bt Yuvraj Bhardwaj 6-2 1-6 6-2, Lakshya Gupta bt Yash Solanky 6-2 6-1, Chahalpreet Singh bt Rattan Kabir 6-3 6-2, Parag Jain bt Anirudh Sangra 7-5 6-1, Arnav Malik bt Yashvardhan Gaur 6-2 7-6(4), Avish Verma bt Tarun Korwar 6-3 4-6 6-4, Akshat Sharma bt Darshan Dilbar Singh 7-5 1-6 7-5