Rishi Jalota justified his billing as the top seed by lifting the boys’ U-12 title in the AITA Talent Series Under12 tennis tournament held at CLTA Complex, Sector 10, on Monday.
In a pulsating final, Rishi snuffed the challenge of second seed Sidharth Goel to emerge as the champion.
It was Sidharth who started off well and claimed the first set 6-4 to gain the upper hand in the match. However, Rishi bounced back and both the players were tied at 4-4 in the second set.
Rishi pressed on the accelerator and won the next two games to win the set 6-4.
Buoyed by the win, Rishi continued to flourish and soon took a 3-1 lead in the final set. Thereafter, Sidharth managed to win just one more game as Rishi easily won the final set 6-2 and won the final match that lasted almost three hours.
The girls’ U-12 title was bagged by third seed Inayat Sandhu after she defeated unseeded Jyotsna Yadav. Inayat made a winning start and easily won the first set 6-3. In the second set, she conceded just two games and won 6-2 to clinch the title.
Meanwhile, in the U-16 Talent Series tennis tournament, top seed Sagar Sehrawat, a CLTA trainee, overcame a spirited challenge from another CLTA trainee Shivam Vij.
{{/usCountry}}Meanwhile, in the U-16 Talent Series tennis tournament, top seed Sagar Sehrawat, a CLTA trainee, overcame a spirited challenge from another CLTA trainee Shivam Vij.
{{/usCountry}}Sagar was made to sweat for every point as Shivam pushed him to the brink. However, Sagar managed to win the first set after winning 7-6(3) in the tiebreaker.
Sagar played some stunning shots in the second set and conceded just a single game. He won 6-1.
Shashikant Rajput, Bhupender Dahiya, Naresh Badgujar and Krishan Hooda, all trainees of Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART), moved to the pre-quarterfinals in lop-sided contests.
Qualifier Shrenik Bhalla, a CLTA trainee, outplayed Savinay Singh 6-0, 6-1 while second seed Vatsal Chauhan, also of CLTA, made it to the pre-quarterfinals with an easy win over Rahul Rana.
In the girls’ U-16 category, fifth seed Priyanka Jakhar, a CHART trainee, was shown the exit door by Komal Jeet Kaur. Komaljit came up with a dominant performance and beat Priyanka 7-5, 6-1.
Seventh seed Princy Panchal lost just games in her facile 6-2, 6-0 winover Sohani Makkar.
Third seed Tanya Batra, sixth seed Nandini Singh, fourth seed Adity Dogra, Yamini Issar, Tushita Singh, Dikshita Rana and Luvya Lamba, all CLTA trainees, moved to pre-quarters with easy wins.
Results: U-12 finals: Girls: final: [3]Innayat Sandhu bt Jyotsna Yadav 6-3, 6-2; boys:
final: Boys: [1]Rishi Jalota bt Sidharth Goel 4-6, 6-4, 6-2;
semi-finals: [1]Rishi Jalota bt [3]Kumar Mahismat 6-1, 6-2, [2]Sidharth Goel bt. [5]Dhairya Chadha 6-2, 6-0;
Girls: U-16: 1st round: Luvya Lamba bt Priyanka 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, Shamita Yadav bt Smera Mehta 6-3, 6-0,
[8]Harleen Kaur bt Nikita 6-2, 6-1, [4]Adity Dogra bt Bhavya Sangri 6-3, 6-4, Tushita Singh bt Aneet Kaur 6-4, 6-3, Kavya
Sawhney bt Sehejveer Bhandal 6-0, 6-0, Komaljit Kaur bt [5]Priyanka Jakhar 7-5, 6-1,
[7]Princy Panchal bt Sohani Makkar 6-2, 6-0, Simrant Pritam bt Neha Pal 6-0, 6-0, Sanya Chadha bt Husnal Brar 6-3, 6-0,
[3]Tanya Batra bt Banita Azad 6-2, 6-2,
[6]Nandini Singh bt Arti Nayan 6-3, 7-5, Yamini Issar bt Sakshi Singh 6-2, 6-2, Dikshita Rana bt Deepshikha 6-3, 6-0;