Haryana’s Sukhleen stuns top seed

Haryana’s Sukhleen Sharma stunned top seed Adhyyan Soni of Delhi without conceding a single game (6-0 6-0) to move into the boys’ U-12 semifinals, during the ongoing CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS7) Tennis Tournament.

Local contender Manav Partap Gill also logged a smashing comeback win over Haryana’s Aarav Sabarwal. Gill won the opening set 6-1, but only to go down in the next 3-6. In the final set, he maintained a good show, and came back strongly with a 6-0 verdict.

Haryana’s Pawan Teku also overpowered third seed Atharv Abhiraj of Punjab by recording a comeback win (2-6 6-1 6-0), while Nikunj Arora defeated Kabir Singh Mahendra (6-2 6-1). In the boys’ U-16 quarterfinals, Haryana’s Harman Singh defeated Yatharth Wadhera (6-4 6-0) and third seed Sangram Bhadury of Madhya Pradesh ousted local challenger Vrishin Awasthi (6-3 6-3). Punjab’s Japnit Charaya faced a neck-to-neck competition before defeating Arjun Sharma of Uttar Pradesh 6-2 4-6 6-3. In the last match, second seed and Chandigarh’s Ayaan Chandel posted a 6-4 6-2 win over Pranay Sharma.

Meanwhile, in the girls’ U-16 quarterfinals, fifth seed Punjab’s Avni Uttam recorded a 6-3 6-4 win over Yuvika Gorshi of Uttarakhand, and Japleen Kaur bounced back after trailing 3-6 in the opener to defeat Avika Sheoran 6-2 7-5. Tanya Bhatnagar defeated Punjab’s Ekam Shergill 6-3 6-3 and Priyanshi Katial posted a 6-0 6-0 win over Jiana Chawla. Top seed Tanya Bhatnagar moved ahead in the girls’ U-12 event by defeating Sharvi Jafrain 6-1 6-1 and Nivedita defeated Sharee Khera 7-6(4) 6-0. Punjab’s Divnoor Kaur also advanced further by defeating Ibadat Sandhu 6-2 6-1 and Aaraina Vishal defeated Anaira Agarwal 6-2 6-0.

Gaurish-Ayaan in final

In the boys’ U-16 doubles semis, the team of Gaurish Madaan and Ayaan Chandel defeated Vrishin Awasthi and Arjun Sharma 6-2 6-4. Mahijith Kaura and Sangram Bhadury ousted Gurshaan Chahal and Devansh Kamboj 7- 5 6-4. In the boys’ U-12 semis, the pair of Atharv Abhiraj and Nikunj Arora defeated Kabir Singh and Viren Choudhary 6-3 6-2, whereas Siddharth Malik and Manav Partap Gill defeated Kavir Dharia and Kabir Gautam.

Chandigarh