Upnishad Bhardwaj in semis

Tribune News Service

Mohali, November 24

Haryana’s Upnishad Bhardwaj ousted Punjab’s Gurbaaz Singh to march ahead in the boys’ U-18 semifinals in the ongoing Roots-AITA CS(7) U­-18 National Rankings Championship. Bhardwaj recorded a 6-1, 6-2 win.

Sahajpreet Singh Bajwa defeated Anirudh Sangra 6-4, 6-4, Punjab’s Harmanjit Singh outplayed Agnivesh Bhardwaj 6-3, 7-6 (4) and Madhav Sharma defeated Rabi Narayan Sahoo 6-2, 6-2 in other matches. In the girls’ U-18 quarterfinals, Punjab’s Rasha Dhaliwal defeated Agampreet Kaur (PB) 7-5, 6-1. Chandigarh’s Isheeta Midha moved ahead by defeating Mehak Preet Kaur 6-2, 6-2 and Sia Mahajan ousted Radha Sadhra 6-0, 7-6(7). Gursimrat Kaur also confirmed a berth in the final-four by logging a 6-3, 7-6 (7) win. In the boys’ U-18 doubles event, Ahaan Dhekial and Madhav Sharma registered a comeback win over Anhad Singh and Sahoo 2-6, 7-6(3) (10-4).