Abhay beats Sagar, Pratham humbles Sarthak on Day 1

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 4  

Abhay Mohan defeated Haryana’s Sagar Mor 9-4 in the opening round of the boys’ U-18 qualifiers in the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here today. 

Delhi’s Nishant Dabas blanked local challenger Himanshu Sharma 9-0, while Manveer Singh of the Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) registered a 9-4 win over Aiswajit Saha. Another player from Delhi, Suraj A Kumar overcame Chandigarh’s Rashbeg Singh 9-7.

Punjab’s Manveer Singh humbled Aiswajit Saha 9-4, while Harmanjot Minhas drubbed Prabh Sharan Atwal 9-1.

Pratham marches ahead

In the boys’ U-16 category, top seed Pratham Parag Bhujbal of Maharashtra beat Sarthak Gandhi of Chandigarh 9-5 in the second round of the qualifiers.  

Third seed Ricky Chaudhary of Delhi overpowered Manav Sree Kumar of Tamil Nadu 9-4, while fourth seed Jitin Kumar Chetry got the better of Nikhil Mittal. Fifth seed Rishi Jalota of Uttar Pradesh dumped Rakshit Dhankar 9-1. 

Sixth seed Divanshu Hooda registered a 9-3 win over Siddhant Bakshi. 

Amarjot moves ahead

In the girls’ U-18 category, Amarjot Kaur Bundhel overcame Adi Singh of Delhi 7-5 1-6 6-0 in the final qualifying round.  

Sandeepti Singh Rao blanked Sachi Preet Arora 6-0 6-0, while Haryana’s Anushka Sharma humbled Delhi’s Tanu Sharma 6-4 6-0. Renee Sharma of Telangana got the better of Chandigarh’s Amreen Sidhu 6-2 6-1. 

Snigdha beats Harnoor

Snigdha Sran of Chandigarh, meanwhile, registered a 6-3 7-5 win over Harnoor Kaur Sidhu in the final qualifying round of the girls’ U-16 category.

Another local challenger Radhika Vasudeva outplayed Haryana’s Anushka Verma 6-1 6-0. 

Sukhmani Singh of Punjab beat Steisha Buddhala of Delhi 7-5 6-3, while Pawandeep Kaur overcame Riya Kaushik in a marathon three setter.

Pawandeep lost the opening set in the tie-break, but came back strongly to win the next two sets to eventually win the match 6-7(12) 6-3 6-4. 

Qualifiers

Boys’ U-18 1st round: Harmanjot Minhas bt Prabh Sharan Atwal 9-1, Asav Kumar bt Svamin Sharma 9-5, Bhavnish Sangwan bt Ajit Singh Bhavnoor 9-4, Nishant Dabas bt Himanshu Sharma 9-0, Saurav Yadav bt Amarpreet Singh 9-7, Manveer Singh bt Aiswajit Saha 9-4, Suraj A Kumar bt Rashbeg Singh 9-7, Abhay Mohan bt Sagar Mor 9-4, Rudra Kapoor bt Damanjot Singh 9-1

Boys’ U-16 2nd round: Pratham Bhujbal bt Sarthak Gandhi 9-5, Yuvraj Pandit bt Aarush Sharma 9-4, Parth Goel bt Ayran Maan 9-3, Ricky Chaudhary bt Manav Sree Kumar 9-4, Sidharth Goel bt Gurjosh Singh 9-5, Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Nikhil Mittal 9-4, Vivek Kumar Dhaka bt Harmanjot Singh 9-7, Rishi Jalota bt Rakshit Dhankar 9-1, Arhaan Pahwa bt Mankeerat Singh Biadwan 9-2, Divanshu Hooda bt Siddhant Bakshi 9-3, Gurustat Singh Makkar bt Gaurav Kumar 9-4, Rushil Bansal bt Yashsvi Hooda 9-1, Avish Verma bt Arjun Phogat 9-4, Rohan Mittal bt Hrishikesh Parashar 9-6, Akhilendran Indrabalan bt Sarthak Arora 9-3

Girls’ U-16 final round: Pawandeep Kaur bt Riya Kaushik 6-7(12) 6-3 6-4, Rahat Mangat bt Jyotsana Yadav 6-0 6-1, Snigdha Sran bt Harnoor Kaur Sidhu 6-3 7-5, Radhika Vasudeva bt Anushka Verma 6-1 6-0, Sukhmani Singh bt Steisha Buddhala 7-5 6-3, Catherine Bhangu bt Banita Azad 6-1 6-1

Girls’ U-18 final round: Anushka Sharma bt Tanu Sharma 6-4 6-0, Renee Sharma bt Amreen Sidhu 6-2 6-1, Amarjot Kaur Bundhel bt Adi Singh 7-5 1-6 6-0, Sandeepti Singh Rao bt Sachi Preet Arora 6-0 6-0