Yashika topples top seed Isheeta in tennis meet

Chandigarh, August 2

Yashika Sharma toppled top seed Isheeta Midha 7-5, 6-2 to march ahead into the girls’ U-18 quarterfinals of the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament today.

Ananya Chaudhary outplayed eighth seed Tamanna Walia in straight sets 6-1, 6-1; fourth seed Priyasakhi Sajnani defeated Akanksha Singh 6-1, 6-2 and Parigya Yadav beat sixth seed Ananya Dogra 7-5, 6-0.

Bhumi Kakkar outclassed fifth seed Sharanya Ramasubramanian without conceding a single game 6-0, 6-0. Third seed Radha Sadhra defeated Kritika Sharma 6-1, 6-0 and seventh seed Vanya Arora ousted Vanshika Mehta 6-1, 6-0, while second seed Riya Kaushik defeated Yana Gupta 6-2, 6-0.

In the girls’ U-14 category, Dhriti Prashar stunned top seed Priyanshi Katial 6-3, 6-0. Sixth seed Parigya Yadav defeated Rhosyn William 6-1, 6-1; third seed Mannat Awasthi defeated Aaradhya Tandon 6-1, 6-1 and Shakti Singh ousted Japji Kaur 6-3, 6-2. Ajenika Puri outplayed Kritika Sharma 6-2, 6-2, Ekam Kaur Shergill ousted Ananya Sharma 7-5, 6-1 and second seed Shrawasthi Kundilya defeated Saanvi Verma 6-0, 6-1.

Akshat logs easy win

Top seed Akshat Dhull easily defeated Armaan Walia 6-3, 6-1 in the U-18 pre-quarterfinals. Megh Maulik Patel logged a comeback 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 win against seventh seed Parth Sharma and qualifier Yashasvi Balhara defeated third seed Arnav Bishnoi 6-2, 6-2. Eighth seed Pushkal Srivastava managed to defeat Daksh Singh 3-6, 6-2, 6-0, while Pratham Hitesh Kotak easily defeated Aritro Ghosh 6-2, 6-2.

Varchasva Thapliyal defeated Pragun Thakur 6-4, 6-1 and second seed Aniruddh Sangra ousted Keshav Dangi 6-2, 6-0. In the boys’ U-14 pre-quarterfinals, top seed Sumukh Marya outplayed Aranav Singh Rajput 6-1, 6-2 and Tejas Singh defeated Prabhroop Singh Kalsi 6-4, 6-0. Raghav Pawan Sarode ousted third seed Gaurish Madaan 6-2, 6-4 and Sangram Bhadury defeated Ribhav Saroha 6-3, 6-4.

In the last four matches, Sachit Thakur defeated Haralam Singh 6-4, 6-1, Tejas Khosla ousted Divyansh Dhupar 6-0, 6-2, Pragun Thakur outplayed Arnav Chaudhary 6-2, 6-2 and Armaan Walia blanked Rajvardhan Mahesh 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles (quarterfinals)

Boys’ U-18: Arnav Bishoni /Varchasva Thapliyal beat Janish Tamak/Arpit Garg 6-3, 6-3; Parmarth Kaushik/Lakshya Gupta beat Aryan Aggarwal/Satvik Singla 7-5, 6-2; and Aniruddh Sangra/Ashwajit Senjam beat Armaan Pujara/Anshul Dhattarwal 6-1, 6-1.

Boys’ U-14: Haralam Singh/Armaan Walia beat Prabhroop Singh Kalsi/Ribhav Saroha 6-2, 6-4; Ashish Kumar/Daksh Redub beat Arnav Chaudhary/Tejas Singh 3-6, 7-6 (1) 10-8; and Gaurish Madaan/Tejas Khosla beat Dilshan Singh/Hardit Singh 6-3, 6-2.