Rushil marches ahead in tennis

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 27

Indian star Rushil Khosla registered a straight set 6-0, 6-0 win over Anirudh Sangra in the opening match of boys’ U-18 (round-2) match of the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors (Grade-4) organised by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA).

Vishal Gautam registered a comeback 5-7, 6-4, 10-5 win over Aryan Thakur, whereas Manish Yadav blanked Aryanth Chintharlapalli 6-0, 6-2. Aditya Balda, another Indian player, defeated Nitin Sai Chowdary Koneru 6-2, 6-3, Saheb Sodhi ousted Parag Jain 6-3, 6-1, Aryan Arora beat Vivek Lakshay 6-4, 6-1 and Deep Munim defeated Rishi Jalota 6-2, 6-3. In the girls’ U-18 category, second seed Pavitra Parikh defeated Shriya Singh 6-0, 6-0.

Results (1st round)

Boys: Anirudh Sangra bt Mehraab Singh Rai 6-1, 6-0, Rushil Khosla bt Satvik Singla 6-0, 6-0, Vishal Gautam bt Yagna Patel 6-4, 6-0, Aryan Thakur bt Jay Prakash Pawar 6-0, 6-2, Manish Yadav bt Raghav Poonia 6-3, 6-1, Aryanth Chintharlapalli bt Abdullah Shakir 6-2, 6-2, Aditya Balda bt Pranav Mehta 6-2, 6-3, Nitin Sai Chowdary Koneru bt Aryan Kotasthane (IND) 6-3, 6-0 and Parag Jain bt Deepansh Lather 6-0, 6-2.

Girls: Naisha Srivastav bt Millee Chug 6-4, 6-3, Pari Singh bt Riya Matharoo 6-1, 6-2, Tamanna Takoria bt Ananya Dogra 6-0, 6-1, Navya Vadlamudi bt Riya Sachdeva 6-4, 6-4, Pavitra Parikh bt Harnoor Sidhu 6-3, 6-0, Shriya Singh bt Catherine Bhangu 5-7, 6-4, 10-5, Hitakamya Singh Narwal bt Tamanna Narwal 6-1, 6-3, N Arunkumar bt Mehar Kohli 6-3, 6-2, M Krishnarajan bt Aditi Singh 6-4, 6-3, Steisha Buddhala bt Priyanshi Panigrahi 6-0, 6-1.