Deep, Pushti move to next round of ITF World Tour Tennis Tournament

Chandigarh, January 1

Top seed Deep Munim outplayed Prag Jain 6-1, 6-0 to move ahead in the second round (qualifying) on the opening day of the ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors (Grade-3) for boys and girls U-18, conducted by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA), at the Sector 10 complex.

Tharakesh Ashokar faced a tough competition from Rushikesh Sonawane before recording a 5-7, 7-5 (10-5), while Chandan Shivaraj struggled before registering a 6-1, 3-6 (10-5) victory over Lakshya Chugh.

Krish Tyagi, meanwhile, registered a one-sided 6-0, 6-0 win over Satvik Singh. Aryan Arora stunned second seed Sundararaman R 6-3, 6-3 and Arnav Yadav outplayed Yashvardhan Singh 6-4, 3-6 (10-7).

Rakshit Dhankar R moved ahead by defeating Svarnanya Singh 6-1, 6-3, Akarsh Gaonkar defeated Prajwal Tewari 6-3, 6-2, Arunava Majumder outplayed Krish Karpe 6-4, 6-1, Yashvardhan Gaur defeated Tarun Sharma T 6-3, 6-3 and Arya Ganapathy K blanked Arnav Bishnoi 6-2, 6-3 in some other matches.

Meanwhile, in the girls’ first round, second seed Pushti Laddha faced a tough resistance from Soha Singh before logging 6-3, 3-6 (11-9) win. Samaira Malik also march ahead by defeating Bhumi Kakkar 6-4, 6-2, Saijayani Banerjee S blanked Isheeta Midha 6-1, 6-4 and Sreenidhi Reddy Amireddy outplayed Kotistha Modak 7-5, 7-6(1). Maitree Diksha Rout easily sailed into second qualifying round by defeating Shagun Kumari 6-2, 6-2, whereas Tamanna Takoria defeated Russia’s Anastasia Timoshenko 6-2, 6-0 and Diva Bhatia outplayed Millee Chug 6-4, 6-1. Hitakamya Singh Narwal recorded a major upset by defeating third seed Riya Sachdeva 4-6, 6-0 (10-8) and Suhani Gaur ousted Sia Mahajan 6-1, 6-0.

Results

Boys (1st qualifying round): Kabir Chhabria bt Jasmeet Duhan 6-2 6-4, Senthil Kumar R bt Arjun Premkumar 6-0 7-6(1), Shyam Sundarr Shri Sailesh bt Mitul Chinmay Patel 6-1 6-1, Saharia Choudhary O bt Dhanush Varma Pericherla 6-2 1-6 (10-7), Hitesh Chauhan bt Jasandeep Singh Jashan 6-0 6-0.

Girls (1st qualifying round): Rhea Arora bt Rhosyn William R 6-2 6-2, Janani Ramesh bt K Chetnani 6-3 6-1, Sree Tanvi Dasari bt S Verma 6-7(6) 6-2 (10-8), Suryanshi India bt Nihana Shresta Manikanti 6-3 6-2, Harnoor Sidhu bt Thaniya Sarai Gogulamanda 6-2 6-3. — TNS