Farheen upsets Akash, Samar Bir ousts Aditya

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 26

Gujarat’s Farheen S Patrawala stunned second seed Akash Deb of Assam 9-4 in the second round of the boys’ U-16 qualifiers on the opening day of the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here on Saturday. 

Samar Bir Singh Sidhu of Punjab upset fourth seed Aditya Balda of Haryana 9-3, while fifth seed Himanshu Duhan overcame Shivdev Singh Walia of Haryana 9-8(2). Punjab’s Gurustat Singh Makkar drubbed Divanshu Hooda of Haryana 9-2. Lakshay Vivek Kumar humbled Parth Goel 9-5.

In the boys’ U-18 category, top seed Ayush Deshwal tamed Delhi’s Raj Goswami 9-1. Second seeded Chirag Duhan of Haryana registered a 9-4 win over Sarabjeet Singh Saini, while Karthik Singh Panwar of Delhi beat Odisha’s Abhishek Mohapatra 9-5. 

Fifth seed Akhilendran Indrabalan of Delhi defeated Gujarat’s Arjun A Kundu 9-4, while Delhi’s Mohammad Sameer edged out Shashwat Kohli 9-2 to advance to the next round. Manveer Singh defeated seventh seed Aakarshit Mahajan 9-4.

In the girls’ U-16 category, local contender Omisha Nishcal registered a 9-2 win over Vishita Ranbir Kumar in the opening round of the qualifiers. 

Haryana’s Anusha Verma thumped Ananya Dogra 9-3, while Milli Pandit mastered Bhumi Kakkar 9-2. Jaskirat Kaur downed Prabhleen Kaur Sekhon 9-4.

Boys’ U-18 2nd round: Ayush Deshwal bt Raj Goswami 9-1, Asav Kumar bt Rohit Dev Solanki 9-2, Chirag Duhan bt Sarabjeet Singh Saini 9-4, Hritik Baweja bt Amit Dahiya 9-4, Yash Dabas bt Navneet Singh Chahal 9-4, Harshit Yadav bt Yash Chaurasia 9-8(4), Karan Singh bt Savneet Singh Bajwa 9-2, Yuvraj Singh bt Ayush Sharma 9-3, Akhilendran Indrabalan bt Arjun A Kundu 9-4, Shrut Mohan Nargeta bt Amandeep Rathee 9-8(2), Devesh Pratap Pahuja bt Noah Mathew Khair 9-0, Kartik Parhar bt Vishal K 9-6, Manveer Singh bt Aakarshit Mahajan 9-4, Karthik Singh Panwar bt Abhishek Mohapatra 9-5, Md. Sameer bt Shashwat Kohli 9-2, Drona Walia bt Sourabh Sehrawat 9-6  

Boys’ U-16 2nd round: Rishi Jalota bt Arpan Mann 9-1, Avish Verma bt Dhananjay Singh 9-8(2), Farheen S Patrawala bt Akash Deb 9-4, Aditya Nandal bt Sarthak Gandhi 9-4, Abhay Mohan bt Navya Verma 9-4, Gurustat Singh Makkar bt Divanshu Hooda 9-2, Samar Bir Singh Sidhu bt Aditya Balda 9-3, Lakshay Vivek Kumar bt Parth Goel 9-5, Himanshu Duhan bt Shivdev Singh Walia 9-8(2), Arjun N Gohad bt Tarun Randhawa 9-2, Rohan Mittal bt Lakshya Chugh 9-6, Gaurav Kumar bt Pranay Sharma 9-1, Dushyant Deshwal bt Aarush Datta 9-0, Arhaan Pahwa bt Viren Kumar 9-4, Nikhil Mittal bt Yashsvi Hooda 9-2, Bhavnish Sangwan bt Hridaay Tejwani 9-7 

Girls’ U-16 1st round: Omisha Nishcal bt Vishita Ranbir Kumar 9-2, Anusha Verma bt Ananya Dogra 9-3, Milli Pandit bt Bhumi Kakkar 9-2, Jaskirat Kaur bt Prabhleen Kaur Sekhon 9-4