Lakshya stuns 3rd seed in CLTA championship

In the ongoing CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championship, Lakshya Chugh stunned third seed Hanu Verma of Uttar Pradesh in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 to qualify for the men’s main draw. Top seed Delhi’s Sarthak Sudan defeated Ronit Gupta 6-0, 7-5, while second seed Yash Yadav of Madhya Pradesh blanked Tushar Bali of Uttar Pradesh 6-1, 6-1.

Maharashtra’s Svarmanyu Singh defeated Ashwajit Senjam 6-2, 6-3, while Krishan Hooda also advanced further by defeating Sahajpreet Singh Bajwa 6-0, 6-3. Bikramjeet Singh Chawla defeated Amandeep Singh Baha 6-3, 6-3 and Haryana’s Arntya Ohlyan ousted Vansh Yadav 6-0, 6-2.

In the last match, Shubh Negi easily overpowered Parth Patil R 6-0, 6-4. In the women’s category, Riya Sachdeva defeated Incharaishwarya Hiremath 6-0, 6-1 and Punjab’s Sidhak Kaur defeated Ekam Shergill 6-1, 6-1. Ayushi Tanwar faced some resistance before logging 7-6(3), 6-3 win over Rubani Kaur Sidhu, while Jaya Kapoor defeated Sachi Sharma 7-5, 6-3. — TNS