Ajay, Shashikant and Vanshita move into PQFs

CHANDIGARH, DEC 16          

Shashikant Rajput and Krishan Hooda advanced into pre-quarterfinals in the boys under-18 singles of the St. Stephen’s School CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

.Fifth  seed Shashikant defeated Ravinesh Rai of Uttar Pradesh in straight sets by conceding only one game 6-0, 6-1. Top seed Krishan Hooda played high level tennis. He dominant throughout the match with his aggressive ground stroke and won the match from Devanshu Hooda 6-3, 6-1. Bhupnder Dahiya, Aryan Thakur and Gurustat Singh Makkar also moved into pre-quarterfinals.   

In the boys under-16 singles second seed Ajay Singh and Sarthak Gandhi of CLTA trainee moved into next round. Ajay defeated Lakshay Gupta in straight sets. Ajay won the first set 6-3. In the second set Ajay Singh played solid match and won the second set without losing a single game 6-0. Seventh seed Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje overplayed from Dhariya Chadha 6-0, 6-0.

Qualifier Vanshita Malhotra defeated Yashika Venu 6-0, 6-2 in the girls under-18 singles first round. Simran Pritam and Harnoor Kaur Sidhu also advanced into pre-quarterfinals. Second seed Anjali Rathee and Pawandeep Kaur entered Pre-Quarters in the girls under-16 singles. Anjali defeated Sanya Khan of Rajasthan in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. Qualifier Pawandeep Kaur won against Asher Harshri Chint 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets.  

Results

 Boys under-18 singles (Ist round): Krishan Hooda (HR) (Q) [1] bt. Divanshu Hooda (HR) 6-3, 6-1,  Ninaad Ravi (KA) bt. Arnav Arora (PB) (Q) 6-3, 6-2,  Abhik Arora (DL) bt. Aditya Nandwal (HR) 6-0, 6-2,  Bhupender Dahiya (HR) [3] bt. Ansh Kundu (HR) 6-4, 6-0, Sarthak Gandhi (CH) bt. Khush Sharma (UP) 6-3, 6-4, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (UP) bt. Vaibhav Singh Bisht (UK) [6] 6-2, 6-1,  Shashikant Rajput (HR) (Q) [5] bt. Ravinesh Rai (UP) 6-0, 6-1,  Gurustat Singh Makkar (PB) (Q) bt. Rohan Vikas Phule (MH) 6-2, 6-0,  Aryan Thakur (CH) bt. Jaishnav Bajiroa Shindey (MH) (Q) 6-3, 6-4, Torus Rawat (UK) bt. Pranay Choudhary (RJ) [4] 7-5, 6-3, Dhananjay Singh (HP) (Q) bt. Udday Jyoyi Das (AS) (Q) 6-0, 6-2.

 Boys under-16 singles (Ist round):  Deep Munim (MP) [1] bt. Raghav Poonia (DL) 6-1, 6-2,   Daksh Prasad (MP) bt. Parag Jain (DL) (Q) 2-0, Retd.,  Sarthak Gandhi (CH) bt. Aditya Chauhan (CH) 6-2, 6-4,  Lakshay Vivek Kumar (HR) [6] bt. Avish Verma (PB) (Q) 6-3, 6-0,  Adhirit Awal (TN) bt. Khush Sharma (UP) [3] 6-2, 6-1, Vitin Rathee (HR) bt. Rijul Bhatia (HR) 7-5, 6-2,  Aryan Arora (PB) bt. Arnav Malik (UP) (Q) 6-1, 6-0,  Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (PB) [7] bt. Dhairya Chadha (CH) 6-0, 6-0,   Gaurav Kumar (CH) bt. Gurnoor Singh Kular (PB) 6-3, 6-0,  Natansh Mina (RJ) bt. Kartik Sunil Kumar (CH) 6-3, 6-3, Aryan Thakur (CH bt. Rajeshwar Reddy Patlolla (TS) 6-3, 6-0, Jaishnav Bajiroa Shindey (MH) bt. Ansh Kundu (HR) [4] 6-3, 6-1, Jitin Kumar Chetry (PB) [5] bt. Akshat Sharma (PB) (Q) 6-2, 6-2, Chahalpreet Singh (PB) (Q) bt. Aarush Sharma (PB) (Q) 7-6(2), 6-2,  Ninaad Ravi (KA) bt. Yugraj Singh (PB) (Q) 6-2, 6-2, Ajay Singh (HR) [2] bt. Lakshay Gupta (CH) 6-3, 6-0.

Girls under-18 singles (Ist round): Ruma Ashutosh Gaikaiwari (MH) (Q) bt. Ananya Singh (DL) 6-2, 7-6(7),    Harnoor Kaur Sidhu (HR) bt. Sweta Rana (HR) 6-1, 6-0,  Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH) [3] bt. Millee Rajesh Chug (MH) (Q) 6-0, 6-1, Konika Singh Dhull (CH) bt. Meher Mishra (UP) 6-2, 6-1, Vanshita Malhotra (Q) bt. Yashika Venu (TN) (Q) 6-0, 6-2,  Hannah Nagpal (UP) [7] bt. Praanya Slathia (J&K) 6-1, 6-1,   Hitakamya Singh Narwal (HR) [8] bt. Madhurima S Sawant (MH) (Q) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, Radhika Vasudeva (CH) bt. Vishita Ranbir Kumar (CH) (Q) 6-1, 6-1, Anjali Rathi (HR) [4] bt. Riya Kaushik (CH) 6-0, 6-3, Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar (TN) bt. Aditi Singh (HR) 6-1, 6-3,  Simran Pritam (PB) bt. Saniya Khan (RJ) 6-4, 6-2, Harleen Kaur Dhanda (PB) bt. Pavithra Reddy Narem (AP) [2] 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2.

Girls under-16 singles (Ist round): Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar (TN) [1] bt. Vanya Arora (HR) (Q) 6-3, 7-5,     Niharika Praveen Deshmukh (TS) bt. Ivleen 6-2, 6-0, Riya Kaushik (CH) bt. Maitreyi Phogat (CH) 6-0, 7-5,  Hitakamya Singh Narwal (HR) [6] bt. Jyotsana Yadav (CH) 6-1, 6-1,  Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH) [4] bt. Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu (PB) (Q) 6-0, 6-0,  Radhika Vasudeva (CH) bt. Praanya Slathia (J&K) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3,    Madhurima S Sawant (MH) bt. Mansi Mahla (RJ) 7-6(0), 6-2, Harleen Kaur Dhanda (PB) [7] bt. Sweta Rana (HR) 6-0, 6-2, Tanushri Pandey (UP) [5] bt. Millee Rajesh Chug (MH) 7-6(3), 6-3, Pawandeep Kaur (PB) (Q) bt. Asher Harshri Chint (MH) 6-2, 6-1, Rubani Kaur Sidhu (UP) bt Radha Sadhra (CH) 6-3, 6-3, Kavya Khirwar (DL) [3] bt. Vishita Ranbir Kumar (CH) 6-0, 6-2, Meher Mishra (UP) [8] bt. Simran Singh (DL) 6-1, 6-2, Ruma Ashutosh Gaikaiwari (MH) bt. Bhumi Kakkar (CH) (Q) 6-2, 6-1, Yashika Venu (TN) bt. Bhumika Gupta (PB) 6-2, 6-1, Anjali Rathi (HR) [2] bt. Saniya Khan (RJ) 6-4, 6-1..

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