Samvir stuns top seed Shaurya, enters main draw

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 11

Samvir Singh stunned top seed Shaurya Goyal to seal a spot in the boys’ U-14 main draw on the opening day of the Roots-AITA CS(7) U-14 National Ranking Championship at Zirakpur today. Samvir won 6-2 6-4.

Third seed Aryaveer Sharma blanked Mehtaab Singh 6-0 6-0, while Sumukh Marya registered an identical win over Gurpratap Singh. Abhinav Chaudhary edged out Himanish Brinda 6-2 7-6(1) to progress to the next level.

Sukhraj Preet Singh registered a 6-2 7-5 win over, while Haralam Singh downed Manan Dhir 6-3 6-1. Parth Sharma showed the exit door to Kanwar Pratap Singh. Parth won 6-2 6-0.

Gaurish Madaan survived a tough opening set to beat Jagteshwar Singh 7-6(3) 6-1.

1st round results

Boys’ U-14: Abhinav Chaudhary bt Akhil Beniwal 9-0, Sumukh Marya bt Pratyush Gupta 9-0, Yatharth Shekhawat bt Aarav Bishnoi 9-8(5), Haralam Singh bt Harman Singh 9-2, Kanwar Pratap Singh beat Sarveshwar Singh 9-0, Jagteshwar Singh bt Hardit Singh 9-4.