Shrawasti-Radha in tennis finals

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, January 16

Shrawasti Kundilya outplayed second seed Gurmannat Kaur to set up the title clash with top seed Radha in the girls’ U-14 category during the Roots-AITA Talent Series (TS7) National Ranking Championship, today.

Shrawasti defeated the second seed 6-2 7-6(4). Radha meanwhile defeated Sidhak Kaur 6-3 6-1 in an easy encounter. In the girls’ U-16 semifinals, top seed Vanya Arora ousted Isheeta Midha 6-4 6-3 and second seed Bhumika Gupta defeated Radha 6-1 6-2.

Harwin Singh overpowered a tough challenge by registering a comeback 4-6 6-4 7-5 win over Anuj Pal to reach into the boys’ U-14 final. He will be facing Gurbaaz Singh, who defeated Harveer Singh in straight sets 6-3 6-3. Anirudh Sangra stormed into the boys’ U-16 finals by defeating Harmanjit Singh 6-3 6-3. Shraeyvir registered a stunning win over Divjot Singh Tiwana to become the second finalist. Shraeyvir lost the first set narrowly 6-7(6), but managed to register a 7-6(3) 6-1 comeback to reach into the final.

Results (quarterfinals)

Boys’ U-16

Divjot Singh bt Madhav Sharma 4-2 4-2, Shraeyvir bt Hardik Khanduja 4-1 4-0, Anirudh Sangra bt Kanvarpreet Singh 4-2 4-1, Harmanjit Singh bt Aryan Jolly 4-1 4-2

Boys’ U-14

Harwin Singh bt Umang Singh 5-3 1-4(11-9), Anuj Pal bt Beat Aryan Jolly 2-4 4-2(10-6), Gurbaaz Singh bt Divyam Sharma 5-3 4-1, Harveer Singh bt Om Kaushik 4-2 5-3.