Maitreyi blanks Radha, enters quarters

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 4

Top seed Maitreyi Phogat thrashed Radha Pandey to march into the girls’ U-16 quarterfinals in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament here today. Maitreyi won

6-0 6-0.

Second seed Riya Kaushik ousted Radha 6-2 6-2 in the pre-quarterfinals, while third seed Vanya Arora dismissed Avneet Kaur 6-1 6-2. Fourth seed Ananya Dogra though went down 2-6 3-6 to Rubani Kaur Sidhu.

Seventh seed Bhumika Gupta registered a 6-2 6-4 win over Gurmannat Kaur Sandhu, while Khaira Chetnani downed Unjila 6-2 6-1. Anusha Verma registered a 6-2 6-4 win over Anandita Sharma. Bhumi Kakkar stunned fifth seed Simar Atwal 6-1 6-3 in her last-16 encounter.

Simran advances

In the girls’ U-18 pre-quarterfinals, top seed Simran Pritam defeated Mrinalini Sharma 6-1 6-4, while fourth seed Mehar Kohali downed Ananya Dogra 6-2 6-3.

Second seed Radhika Vasudeva survived a tough battle against Khaira Chetnani. Radhika won the opening set 6-3, but Khaira drew level with a 6-4 win in the second set. Radhika though sealed the decider 6-4 to move into the quarterfinals.

Fifth seed Riya Kaushik humbled Bhumika Gupta 7-6(5) 7-5 and sixth seed Harnoor Sidhu edged out Radha 6-1 6-2. Avneet Kaur upset third seed Maitreyi in the pre-quarterfinals. Avneet won 6-4 6-2.

Seventh seed Pawandeep Kaur ousted Mehakpreet Kaur 6-4 6-3 and eighth seed Vanya Arora edged Anusha Verma in the pre-quarterfinals. Pawandeep won 6-1 6-3.

Jitin storms into quarters

Top seed Jitin Kumar Chetry drubbed Arjun Jitender Abyankar 6-0 6-1 in the boys’ U-18 pre-quarterfinals.

Second seed Sarthak Gandhi trounced Manjot Singh Ahuja 6-2 6-1, while Anirudh Sangra upset third seed Pankaj Kumar 6-2 6-3. Fourth seed Dhairya Chadha defeated Arnav Malik 6-4 7-5 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Fifth seed Harmanjot Singh tamed Amish Bansal 6-3 6-3 and sixth seed Naresh Badgujar packed off Gaurav Kumar 6-3 6-0. Navya Verma thrashed seventh seed Yogesh Kumar 6-0 6-0. Eighth seed Sarthak Arora showed the exit door to Arnav Harsh. Arora won 6-4 6-4.

In the boys’ U-16 pre-quarterfinals, Sangra blanked Adik Sharma 6-0 6-0, while third seed Arjun Jitendra mastered Satvik Singla 6-1 6-0. Tarun Sharma defeated Chaitanya Bansal 6-1 6-4.

Fourth seed Arush Sharma pulled off a 7-6(4) 6-1 win over Shivam Wadhawan, while second seed Navya Verma sealed a convincing 6-2 6-2 win over Darshan Dilbar Singh.

Pre-quarterfinals

Boys’ U-18: Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Arjun Jitender Abyankar 6-0 6-1, Naresh Badgujar bt Gaurav Kumar 6-3 6-0, Dhairya Chadha bt Arnav Malik 6-4 7-5, Navya Verma bt Yogesh Kumar 6-0 6-0, Sarthak Arora bt Arnav Harsh 6-4 6-4, Anirudh Sangra bt Pankaj Kumar 6-2 6-3, Harmanjot Singh bt Amish Bansal 6-3 6-3, Sarthak Gandhi bt Manjot Singh Ahuja 6-2 6-1

Boys’ U-16: Anirudh Sangra bt Adik Sharma 6-0 6-0, Arjun Jitendra bt Satvik Singla 6-1 6-0, Tarun Sharma bt Chaitanya Bansal 6-1 6-4, Rakshit Dhankar bt Karen Singh 6-0 6-0, Arush Sharma bt Shivam Wadhawan 7-6(4) 6-1, Navya Verma bt Darshan Dilbar Singh 6-2 6-2

Girls’ U-18: Simran Pritam bt Mrinalini Sharma 6-1 6-4, Riya Kaushik bt Bhumika Gupta 7-6(5) 7-5, Avneet Kaur bt Maitreyi Phogat 6-4 6-2, Harnoor Kaur Sidhu bt Radha 6-1 6-2, Pawandeep Kaur bt Mehakpreet Kaur 6-4 6-3, Mehar Kohali bt Ananya Dogra 6-2 6-3, Vanya Arora bt Anusha Verma 6-1 6-3, Radhika Vasudeva bt Khaira Chetnani 6-3 4-6 6-4

Girls’ U-16: Maitreyi Phogat bt Radha Pandey 6-0 6-0, Bhumika Gupta bt Gurmannat Kaur Sandhu 6-2 6-4, Rubani Kaur Sidhu bt Ananya Dogra 6-2 6-3, Khaira Chetnani bt Unjila 6-2 6-1, Anusha Verma bt Anandita Sharma 6-2 6-4, Vanya Arora bt Avneet Kaur 6-1 6-2, Bhumi Kakkar bt Simar Atwal 6-1 6-3, Riya Kaushik bt Radha 6-2 6-2