Tennis tourney: Top seeds set up title clash

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 17

Top seeds Aditya Chauhan and Harleen Kaur Dhanda reached in the finals of boys’ U-16 and girls’ U-16 category, respectively, in the ongoing HPCL-CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament.

In the boys’ U-16 final, Haryana’s Chauhan will face fifth seed Aarush Sharma of Punjab. In the semifinals played today, Chauhan defeated Chandigarh’s Rakshit Dhankar 9-6 and Sharma overpowered seventh seed Arnav Bishnoi 9-2. Earlier in the quarterfinals, Chauhan defeated sixth seed Anirudh Sangra 9-4 and Dhankar ousted Akshat Dhull 9-5.

Meanwhile, top seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda will take on second seed Radhika Vasudeva in the girls’ U-16 title clash. Harleen reached the finalS by defeating third seed Vanya Arora 9-3, while second seed Radhika ousted Haryana’s Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 9-4. In the quarterfinals, Harleen defeated sixth seed Riya Kaushik 9-5, Vanya ousted Rubani Kaur Sidhu 9-5, Harnoor outplayed Shriya Singh 9-1 and Radhika beat Sidhak Kaur 9-5.