Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 16

Top seed Haryana’s Aditya Chauhan moved into the boys’ U-16 quarterfinals by defeating city’s Naveen Pruthi Sabyasachi 8-1 on the opening day of the HPCL-CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament, at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10.

Chandigarh’s Keshav Dangi also confirmed his quarters’ berth by upsetting second seed Lakshya Gupta 8-4.

Fourth seed Rishi Dahiya of Punjab defeated Gurpuneet Singh 8-3 and fifth seed Aarush Sharma registered a one-sided 8-3 win over Gurbaaz Singh Dhanoa. Sixth seed local contender Anirudh Sangra easily defeated Darshan Dilabr Singh 8-3 and in the last three second-round matches, Akshat Dhull overpowered Umang Singh Cogi 8-7 (4), Rakshit Dhankar ousted Yash Solanky 8-2 and Arnav Bishnoi defeated Aryan Jolly 8-1.

Harleen in next round

In the girls’ U-16 category, top seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda of Haryana defeated another Haryana player Saanvi Garg 8-2 to book her place in the quarterfinals. Second seed Radhika Vasudeva moved ahead by registering an easy 8-1 win over Agrima Gandhi and third seed Vanya Arora ousted Krittika Katoch 8-1. Sixth seed Riya Kaushik outplayed Milli Pandit 8-6.

Haryana’s Shriya Singh recorded an upset 8-5 win over fourth seed Ananya Dogra of Chandigarh and Rubani Kaur Sidhu defeated seventh seed Cahterine Bhangu 8-4.

Harnoor Kaur Sidhu of Haryana won a closely contested match against Punjab’s Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu 8-7 (4), while Sidhak Kaur defeated eighth seed Simar Atwal 8-4.

The quarterfinals of both the categories will be played on Tuesday.

Results (Boys’ U-16)

Aditya Chauhan bt Naveen Pruthi Sabyasachi 8-1, Anirudh Sangra bt Darshan Dilabr Singh 8-3, Akshat Dhull bt Umang Singh Cogi 8-7 (4), Rakshit Dhankar bt Yash Solanky 8-2, Aarush Sharma bt Gurbaaz Singh Dhanoa 8-3, Rishi Dahiya bt Gurpuneet Singh 8-3, Arnav Bishnoi bt Aryan Jolly 8-1, and Keshav Dangi bt Lakshya Gupta 8-4.

Resuts (Girls’ U-16)

Harleen Kaur Dhanda bt Saanvi Garg 8-2, Riya Kaushik bt Milli Pandit 8-6, Vanya Arora bt Krittika Katoch 8-1, Rubani Kaur Sidhu bt Cahterine Bhangu 8-4, Harnoor Kaur Sidhu bt Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu 8-7(4), Shriya Singh bt Ananya Dogra 8-5, Sidhak Kaur bt Simar Atwal 8-4 and Radhika Vasudeva bt Agrima Gandhi 8-1.