Tennis championship: Kritika pips Vaidehi, enters quarterfinals

Tribune News Service

Mohali, August 23

Kritika Sharma beat Vaidehi Pundir 8-6 to sail into the girls’ U-14 quarterfinals on the opening day of the Roots-AITA National Ranking CS3 Tennis Championship here today.

Naisha Garg registered an 8-1 win over Mokshika Yadav, while top seed Sidhak Kaur drubbed Ajenika Puri. Second seed Akshita Vashisht blanked Sahej Kaur 8-0 in the opening round.

Tamanna Walia edged past Rhosyn William 8-7(3), while Mehakpreet Kaur secured an 8-3 win against Paavni Panwar.

Ekam Kaur overcame Vanshika Yadav 8-5 and Diya Chaudhary trounced Agampreet Kaur 8-3.

Anhad advances

Meanwhile, in the boys’ U-14 category, top seed Anhad Singh defeated Sumukh Marya 8-6 in the opening round, while Gaurish Madaan drubbed Ajitesh Tanwar 8-2.

Anish Sharma registered an 8-6 win over Sehaj Preet Singh and Parth Sharma defeated Aarya Vaibhav 8-4.