Rasha upsets Akshita, enters tennis quarters

Tribune News Service

Mohali, January 11

Rasha Dhaliwal upset fourth seed Akshita Vashisht 6-0, 6-2 to confirm the girls’ U-14 quarterfinals berth on the opening day of the Roots-AITA TS (7) National Ranking Championship in Zirakpur today.

Meanwhile, top seed Inaaya Mittal easily defeated Niharika Moudgil 6-1, 6-2, whereas second seed Isheeta Midha recorded a 6-1, 6-0 win over Kritika Sharma for quarterfinals.

Third seed Akshdha Sharma outplayed Vanshika Yadav without conceding a single game 6-0, 6-0 and Agrima Gandhi ousted Hitanshi Sardana 6-1, 6-0. In the last two pre-quarterfinals, Krittika Katoch defeated Vaidehi Pundir 6-4, 6-4 and Mehakpreet Kaur overpowered Aananya Walia 6-0, 6-3.

Harwin, Divyam log win

Top seed Harwin Singh won the boys’ U-14 pre-quarterfinal tie against Parajuli 6-0, 7-5. Second seed Divyam Sharma defeated Karen Singh 6-3, 7-5, third seed Akshat Dhull ousted Sehaj Sharma 6-0, 6-0 and fourth seed Aksh Jood defeated Anish Sharma 6-2, 6-2. Daksh Kapoor struggled hard before logging a 7-6(1), 7-6(3) win over Prabhav Sibbal. Armaan Walia defeated Akshit Ratti 6-1, 6-1, Aditya Rathore defeated Tanishq Jood 6-4, 6-4 and Shourya Jishtu outplayed Jageshwar Singh 6-0, 6-3 to register easy wins.