Yuvika defeats top seed, makes it to tennis U-16 quarterfinals
Yuvika Gorshi of Uttarakhand marched into the girls’ U-16 quarterfinals by defeating top seed local contender Ditti Prajapat, during the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS7) Tennis Tournament. Yuvika was leading 4-0 in the opening set, when Ditti conceded the match.
Second seed Priyanshi Katial of Punjab ousted Japleen Kaur 6-1 6-1, while fifth seed Avni Uttam blanked Punjab’s Divnoor Kaur 6-4 6-0. Another local challenger Japleen Kaur advanced by stunning fourth seed Kritika Sharma of Punjab 6-2 6-0 and Haryana’s Avika Sheoran defeated Asveen K Pardal 6-2 6-2. Tanya Bhatnagar outplayed Delhi’s Fiona Bradhan 6-1 6-1, Punjab’s Ekam Shergill defeated Harshita Vig 6-4 6-4 and Jiana Chawla ousted Khushman V 6-3 6-3.
In the boys’ U-12 category, Delhi’s Adhyyan Soni easily overpowered Arjun Jaiswal of Uttar Pradesh 6-4 6-4. Sukhleen Sharma won the first set 6-1 and was leading the second 1-0 before Jahaan Choudhary forfeited the match. In other one-sided results, Haryana’s Aarav Sabarwal defeated Viren Choudhary 6-3 6-4, Manav Partap Gill outplayed Chandigarh’s Kabir Gautam 6-2 6-3 and Atharv Abhiraj ousted Kabir Dhariya of Maharashtra 6-4 6-4. Haryana’s Pawan Teku faced a little resistance from Punjab’s Ashish T Kumar before recording a 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 victory, and Kabir Singh Mahendra defeated Vidaan Rajvir 6-1 6-2. Second seed Nikunj Arora overpowered Riaan Manocha 6-4 6-1.
In the boys’ U-16 pre-quarterfinals, Chandigarh’s Yatharth Wadhera posted a 6-2 6-0 win over Prabhsaran Lakra. Harman Singh also marched into the next round by defeating Sohraab Dhillon 6-4 7-5 and Sangram Bhadury of Madhya Pradesh stunned Punjab’s Udayjot Singh 6-4 6-2. Vrishin Awasthi defeated Punjab’s Gurnawaz Bhullar 7-6(5) 6-0 and Arjun Sharma of Uttar Pradesh defeated Mohit Singh 6-2 6-4. Japnit Charaya defeated Tanishq Makhija 6-2 3-6 6-1 and Pranay Sharma struggled a bit before defeating Charchit Boora 7-6(4) 6-3. Ayaan Chandel registered a 6-4 7-6(4) win over Haryana’s Divyansh Kamboj.
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