Ajay Singh, Jeffery and Gaurav Kumar qualify for main draw

CHANDIGARH, JULY 21

CLTA  trainees fourth seed Sarabjot Singh and Gaurav Kumar  advanced into the main draw in the boys under-16 singles of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

. Sarabjot Singh defeated 11th seed Aryan Arora 6-1, 6-3 in straight sets. Gaurav Kumar won from Shivdev Singh Walia 6-3, 6-3. Other CLTA trainees who moved into the main draw are Shraey Vir, Aditya Chauhan, Yashsvi Hooda.

In the boys under-18 singles final qualifying round Ajay Singh of CHART Trainee upset top seed Yuvraj Chodha 6-0, 6-0. Jeffery Sam Prakash and Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje upset sixth seed Lokesh Pun and 4^th seed Karan Shandilya 6-3, 7-5 and 6-0, 6-2 respectively in straight sets. Another CLTA trainee Jitin Kumar Chetry also upset third seed Aryan Thakur 6-4, 7-5 in boys under-18 singles final qualifying

Results (qualifying finals):

Boys under-16:  Hardik Choudhary (UP) [10] bt. Rishi Dahiya (PB) [1] 6-1, 6-3,  Shraey Vir (HR) bt. Shashank Singh (HR) [16] 6-4, 6-3, Yugraj Singh [3] bt. Rijul Bhatia (HR) [12] 6-4, 6-0, Sarabjot Singh (PB) [4] bt. Aryan Arora (PB) [11] 6-1, 6-3,  Aditya Chauhan (CH) [5] bt. Chahalpreet Singh (PB) [13] 6-0, 6-2, Gaurav Kumar (CH) [6] bt. Shivdev Singh Walia (HR) 6-3, 6-3,  Yashsvi Hooda (HR) [7] bt. Rakshit Dhankar (CH) 7-6(5), 0-6, 6-4,  Gurustat Singh Makkar (PB) [8] bt. Anirudh Sangra (CH) 6-0, 6-2. 

Boys under-18:  Ajay Singh (HR) bt. Yuvraj Chodha (PB) [1] 6-0, 6-0,  Gaurav Gulia (HR) [2] bt. Yashraj S Dalvi (MH) [12] 6-2, 6-4,  Jitin Kumar Chetry (PB) [10] bt. Aryan Thakur (CH) [3] 6-4, 7-5,  Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (PB) [9] bt. Karan Shandilya (HR) [4] 6-0, 6-2, Samar Bir Singh Sidhu (PB) bt. Abhay Dogra (HP) 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(11),  D Jeffery Sam Prakash (TN) [15] bt. Lokesh Pun (HR) [6] 6-3, 7-5, Dhanya K Shah (GJ) bt. Akash Deb(AS) [7] 6-2, 6-1, Yogee Panwar (HR) [8] bt. Abhay Mohan (CH) 6-2, 6-3.

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