Navya Verma, Harleen Kaur Dhanda in tennis quarters

Chandigarh, December 14

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Navya Verma and Arnav Bishnoi advanced into the boys’ singles (U-16) quarterfinals of the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex, Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, here.

Navya overpowered Yash Solanky 8-0. Another CLTA player Arnav Bishoni beat Arpit Garg 8-4. Sixth seed Anirudh Sangra and top seed Aryan Thakur also advanced into the quarterfinals.

In the girls’ singles, top seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda beat Radha Sadhra 8-2 in a one-sided match. Second seed Radhika Vasudeva, Vanya Arora and Harleen Kaur Dhanda moved into the quarterfinals. Radhika Vasudeva defeated Shriya Singh 8-3 in an easy match.

Unseeded Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu upset seventh seed Bhumi Kakkar in a close contest 8-6. Fourth seed Vanya Arora blanked Saira 8-0. Ananya Dogra, Maitreyi Phogat, Bhumika Gupta and Riya Kaushik also advanced into the quarterfinals.

Boys’ and girls’ quarterfinals and semi-finals will be played at the CLTA Complex, Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, from 10:30 am onwards tomorrow. — TNS