Navya Verma and Radhika Vasudeva in finals

 CHANDIGARH, DEC 15

Second seed Navya Verma of CLTA Trainee and top seed Aryan Thakur moved into boys under-16 singles final in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament  . Navya defeated Aditya Chauhan another CLTA Trainee 9-5. Navya played high quality tennis, Navya forced to make error his opponent Aditya Chauhan and played solid game from the baseline. Finally Navya used his experience to win from 3^rd seed Aditya Chauhan. In the another Semifinals top seed Aryan Thakur won easily from Akshat Dhull 9-2. Aryan Thakur dominant throughout the match and Aryan Thakur win the match from Akshat Dhull without getting much pressure.   

In the girls under-16 singles final top seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda will face second seed Radhika Vasudeva. Radhika Vasudeva blanked third seed Maitreyi Phogat 9-0 without conceding single game. In another semifinals top seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda defeated Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu 9-2 in a easy score. Harleen overpowered with her aggressive flatter ground stroke from the baseline from Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu. In the previous round Quarterfinal match Harleen defeated Bhumika Gupta 9-2.

Results

Boys under-16 (s-finals):   Aryan Thakur [1] bt. Akshat Dhull 9-2,  Navya Verma [2] bt. Aditya Chauhan [3] 9-5.

Girls under-16 (s-finals): Harleen Kaur Dhanda [1] bt. Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu 9-2,  Radhika Vasudeva [2] bt. Maitreyi Phogat [3] 9-0.

Boys under-16 (q-finals):    Aryan Thakur [1] bt. Rakshit Dhankar [8] 9-5,  Akshat Dhull bt. Anirudh Sangra [6] 9-4, Aditya Chauhan [3] bt. Arnav Bishnoi [7] 9-2,  Navya Verma [2] bt. Kartik Sunil Kumar [5] 9-1.

Girls under-16 (q-finals):  Harleen Kaur Dhanda [1] bt. Bhumika Gupta [6] 9-2, Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu bt. Vanya Arora [4] 9-8(5), Maitreyi Phogat [3] bt. Ananya Dogra [5] 9-4.

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