Polina Kuharenko and Ruslan Kastsiukevich boys in singles final

Aaron Gabetand Hyeon Seok Seo win the boys doubles title; Polina Berezina and Daria Koreshkova take home the girls doubles crown

CHANDIGARH, JAN 17

Ruslan Kastsiukevich and Polina Kuharenko entered singles final of boys and girls of J200 Chandigarh ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

Ruslan Kastsiukevich upset 5th seed Roman Kharlamov 6-2, 6-0 in straight sets. Ruslan played solid match to beat his opponent by conceding only two games throughout the match. He will play against top seed Donghyun Hwang (KOR) in the final tomorrow.  

In the girls singles semifinals Polina Kuharenko outplayed 5th seed Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) 6-3, 6-3 in straight sets. Polina played high level tennis and dominant throughout the match with her aggressive ground strokes. 

In the second singles semifinals match Daria Koreshkova won from Masa Jankovic (SRB) in thrre setter marathon match 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-3. 

 Aaron Gabet (FRA) and Hyeon Seok Seo (KOR) lifted the boys doubles title. They defeated top seed Hitesh Chauhan (IND) and Ilya Maltsev 4-6, 6-1, 10-8 in a 3 setter marathon match. In the girls doubles final Polina Berezina and her partner Daria Koreshkova [3] beat Yesung Choo (KOR) / Yu-Chin Lin (TPE) [4] 6-4, 7-6 (1)

CLTA Vice President  S.M. Sharma distributed the prizes to the winners and runners-ups of boys and girls doubles events.

Results 

Boys singles (semi-finals): Donghyun Hwang (KOR) [1] bt. Erasyl Bakhtiyar (KAZ) 6-1, 6-2, Ruslan Kastsiukevich bt. Roman Kharlamov [5] 6-2, 6-0.

Boys singles (q-finals):   Donghyun Hwang (KOR) [1] bt. Emanuel Ivanisevic (CRO) 6-3, 7-5,   Erasyl Bakhtiyar (KAZ) bt. Alexey Shibaev 6-1, 6-3,  Ruslan Kastsiukevich bt. Artem Bogomolov 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, oman Kharlamov [5] bt. Kerem Yilmaz (TUR) [2] 7-5, 6-1.

Girls  singles (semi-finals):  Daria Koreshkova bt. Masa Jankovic (SRB) 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-3, Polina Kuharenko bt. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) [5] 6-3, 6-3.

Girls singles (q-finals): Daria Koreshkova bt. Miku Kitaoka (JPN) 6-2, 6-4, Masa Jankovic (SRB) bt. Albina Kakenova (KAZ) 6-2, 6-4,  Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi (IND) [5] bt. Sushkova Antonina (Q) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4,  Polina Kuharenko bt. Yuka Naito (JPN) 6-1, 7-5 

Boys doubles (final): Aaron Gabet (FRA) / Hyeon Seok Seo (KOR) bt. Hitesh Chauhan (IND) / Ilya Maltsev [1] 4-6, 6-1, 10-8.

Girls doubles (final): Polina Berezina/ Daria Koreshkova [3] bt. Yesung Choo (KOR) / Yu-Chin Lin (TPE) [4] 6-4, 7-6.

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