CHANDIGARH, NOV 17

Top seed Aditya Chauhan and second seed Radhika Vasudeva advanced into finals of the HPCL-CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

 Aditya Chauhan of CLTA Trainees defeated Rakshit Dhankar in a close completion match 9-6. Aditya used his experience and moved to the net in important points and closed the point easily. Aditya will meet fifth seed Aarush Sharma in the Boys under-16 singles Finals. 5^th seed Aarush Sharma defeated Arnav Bishnoi 9-2.

In the girls under-16 singles Semifinals top seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda defeated Vanya Arora 9-3. Harleen Kaur Dhanda dominant throughout the match with her aggressive ground strokes. In another Semifinals 2^nd seed Radhika Vasudeva won from Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 9-4 easily. Radhika and Harnoor played good level of tennis upto 4-4.  After 4-4 games Radhika played solid match with good momentum. Finally Radhika won the match without getting much pressure. Radhika will play against top seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda tomorrow at Centre Court.

Results (semi-finals):

 Boy’s under-16:   Aditya Chauhan (HR) [1] bt. Rakshit Dhankar (CH) 9-6,  Aarush Sharma (PB) [5] bt. Arnav Bishnoi (CH) [7] 9-2.

Girl’s under-16:  Harleen Kaur Dhanda [1] (HR) bt. Vanya Arora (HR) [3] 9-3, Radhika Vasudeva (CH) [2] bt. Harnoor Kaur Sidhu (HR) 9-4.

Quarterfinals:

Boy’s under-16:  Aditya Chauhan (HR) [1] bt. Anirudh Sangra (CH) [6] 9-4, Rakshit Dhankar (CH) bt. Akshat Dhull (CH) 9-5,  Aarush Sharma (PB) [5] bt. Rishi Dahiya (PB) [4] 9-3,  Arnav Bishnoi (CH) [7] bt. Keshav Dangi (CH) 9-5.  

Girl’s under-16: Harleen Kaur Dhanda [1] (HR) bt. Riya Kaushik (CH) [6] 9-5, Vanya Arora (HR) [3] bt. Rubani Kaur Sidhu (HR) 9-5, Harnoor Kaur Sidhu (HR) bt. Shriya Singh (HR) 9-1, Radhika Vasudeva (CH) [2] bt. Sidhak Kaur (PB) 9-5.

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