Kabir, Aditya enter pre-quarters

Top seed Kabir Manrai defeated Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) trainee Jagdeep Singh Bajwa 6-3, 6-4, to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the AITA Championship Series under-16 tennis tournament being played at Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) complex in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Monday. Second seed Aditya Vashisht also moved into the pre-quarterfinals defeating lucky loser Amol Juneja 6-2, 6-3.

Top seed Kabir Manrai defeated Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) trainee Jagdeep Singh Bajwa 6-3, 6-4, to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the AITA Championship Series under-16 tennis tournament being played at Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) complex in Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Monday. Second seed Aditya Vashisht also moved into the pre-quarterfinals defeating lucky loser Amol Juneja 6-2, 6-3.

In other matches, Aditya Pratap Singh defeated Arnab Benerjee 6-3, 6-3, while Shivam Vij outclassed Tushar Aggarwal 6-0, 6-3.
Gurjot Singh defeated Vatsal Chauhan 6-4, 6-4, while CLTA trainee Rishabh Sharda blanked Raunaq Singh Marwaha 6-0, 6-0 in his main draw first round matches. Ishaan Anirudh Sethi had to fight hard to oust Savneet Singh Bajwa 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 in three sets. Naresh Badgujar, Sabrang Sandal, Rohit Kumar and Shashikant Rajput also entered next round with wins.

Seerat Kaur Pannu blanked Shamita Yadav 6-0, 6-0, in her girls’ under-16 main draw first round matches. Komaljit Kaur also had an easy outing as she got the better off Reetinder Kaur 6-0, 6-1. Bhavya Sangri defeated Rubani Ahluwalia 7-6(4), 6-2, while Rahat Mangat outclassed Himanshika 7-5, 6-2.
Jahnavi Shivran deefated Bindu Kulhriya 6-3, 6-1, while Luvya Lamba beat Priyanka Jakhar 6-1, 6-2, in other matches.

The other girls’ who entered the next round with easy wins are Saumya Saxena, Alisha Menon, Khushbeen Kaur, Mehak Khurmi, Jannat Khurana, Princy Panchal, Saisha Khanna and Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa.
Results: Boys singles under-16 first round: Kabir Manrai bt Jagdeep Singh Bajwa 6-3, 6-4, Aditya Pratap Singh bt Arnab Benerjee 6-3, 6-3, Shivam Vij bt Tushar Aggarwal 6-0, 6-3, Gurjot Singh bt Vatsal Chauhan 6-4, 6-4, Rishabh Sharda bt Raunaq Singh Marwaha 6-0, 6-0, Ishaan Anirudh Sethi bt Savneet Singh Bajwa 3-6, 6-1, 6-0, Naresh Badgujar bt Sehaj Punj 6-2, 6-2, Sabrang Sandal bt Jagtar Arora 6-2, 6-1, Rohit Kumar bt Sahishnu Sharma 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, Shashikant Rajput bt Jaskaran Singh Riar 6-1, 6-2, Rahul Kumar Verma bt Karan Bhalla 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, N Calvin Golmei bt Ritik Bajwa 6-1, 6-2, Ramanjot Dhindsa bt Sagar Sehrawat 6-1, 6-1, Sohraab Singh bt Parmeet Singh Deol 6-1, 6-4, Neeraj Yashpaul bt Rohit Malik 6-0, 6-2, Aditya Vashisht bt Amol Juneja 6-2, 6-3.

Girls singles under-16 first round: Seerat Kaur Pannu bt Shamita Yadav 6-0, 6-0, Komaljit Kaur bt Reetinder Kaur 6-0, 6-1, Bhavya Sangri bt Rubani Ahluwalia 7-6(4), 6-2, Rahat Mangat bt Himanshika 7-5, 6-2, Jahnavi Shivran bt Bindu Kulhriya 6-3, 6-1, Luvya Lamba bt Priyanka Jakhar 6-1, 6-2, Saumya Saxena bt Sehajveer Bhandal 6-3, 6-0, Alisha Menon bt Nandini Singh 6-2, 6-2, Khushbeen Kaur bt Smera Mehta 6-3, 6-2, Mehak Khurmi bt Adity Dogra 6-0, 6-1, Jannat Khurana bt Arti Nayan 6-1, 6-0, Princy Panchal bt Dishita Rana 6-0, 6-3, Saisha Khanna bt Kulsoom Khan 6-1, 6-0, Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt Deepshikha 6-2, 6-0.