Aarushi shows exit door to top seed Charvi

Playing in testing conditions,Aarushi Kakkar not only braved hot,humid conditions but also sudden rainfall,to stave off the challenge from Charvi Saxena,the top seed,and enter the semi-finals of the girl's Under-16 category of the CLTA AITA Talent Series tennis tournament held at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10 on Wednesday. Keeping her nerves,Aarushi beat the top seed 6-2,7-6(4).

Playing in testing conditions,Aarushi Kakkar not only braved hot,humid conditions but also sudden rainfall,to stave off the challenge from Charvi Saxena,the top seed,and enter the semi-finals of the girl’s Under-16 category of the CLTA AITA Talent Series tennis tournament held at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10 on Wednesday. Keeping her nerves,Aarushi beat the top seed 6-2,7-6(4).

Much before the sudden rainfall has threatened to play spoilsport,Aarushi,looking in prime form,made the perfect start when he grabbed the first set 6-2. However,Charvi showed why she was the top seed as he made a superb comeback into the match with a superb performance in the second set. Going neck to neck,both the players fought for every point. The match became more exciting when the score was tied at 6-all. However,it was not Charvi’s day as Aarushi walked away with the points and caused a major upset.

In another exciting quarter-final match,Gayatri Kumariah met a resilient challenge from Prinkle Singh,but managed to outwit her 6-4,4-6,6-4. The match swung to and fro in the well-contested three setter,but Kumariah came out with some winners to pull off a stunning win.

Pooja Moura and Nikita Bishnoi joined Aarushi and Kumariah in the semi-finals. Pooja Moura ousted Nimrat Walia 6-2,6-1 and Nikita Bishnoi outplayed Shrishty Dhanda 6-1,6-1.

Meanwhile,in the boy’s Under-16 category,Manjot Singh,Mritunjay Badola,Param Pun and Nihit Rawal were the players to secure places in the semi-finals.

Formidable Nihit Rawal played some well-executed ground strokes to eliminate Anshuman Gulia 6-2,6-2. Manjot Singh showed the exit door to Jotpal Singh 6-4,6-1 while Param Pun continued his winning spree as he outclassed Anuj Malik 6-2,6-1. Also, Mritunjay Badola got the better of Rohit Kumar 6-4,6-4,Abhumanyu Rozra staged a fine rally to beat spirited Yuvraj in three sets 4-5 (5),4-2,5-3 in the boy’s Under-12 singles match. Top seed Rishabh Sharda,Sahishnu Sharma and Anmol Rattan Kamboj also moved into semi-finals in the same category.

Results (q-finals):

Boys: Under-12: Rishabh Sharda bt Naman Sehrawat 4-1,4-1,Abhumanyu Rozra bt Yuvraj 4-5 (5),4-2,5-3,Sahishnu Sharma bt M.S. Karthik 4-0,4-2,Anmol Rattan Kamboj bt Asav Kumar 4-0,4-1;

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Boys: Under-16: Manjot Singh bt Jotpal Singh 6-4,6-1,Mritunjay Badola bt Rohit Kumar 6-4,6-4,Param Pun bt Anuj Malik 6-2,6-1,Nihit Rawal bt Anshuman Gulia 6-2,6-2.

Girls: Under-12: Prinkel Singh bt Chelsa Stepen 4-0,4-0,Ashpreet Bajwa bt Hanshika 4-0,4-2,Alisha Menon bt Sehajnoor Dhillon 4-2,4-1,Sarah Dev bt Taru Ahluwalia 4-0,4-0.

Girls: Under-16: Aarushi Kakkar bt Charvi Saxena 6-2,7-6 (4),Pooja Moura bt Nimrat Walia 6-2,6-1,Nikita Bishnoi bt Shrishty Dhanda 6-1,6-1,Gayatri Kumariaha bt Prinkle Singh 6-4,4-6,6-4.

Doubles: Boys Under-12: Anmol Rattan Kamboj & Abhimanyu Rozra bt Udgam Aggarwal & Shreyas Chopra 6-2,6-2,Chiraz Dandona & Yuvraj Kooka bt Naman Sehrawat & Neeraj Yashpaul 7-6(3),7-5,Savneet Bajwa & Sahishnu Sharma bt Akshit Chabra & Sehaj Sidhu 6-2,6-1,M.S. Karthik & Asav Kumar bt Navjot Singh & Paramveer Singh 6-1,6-3.

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Boys Under-16: Santveer Singh & Sacchit Malhotra bt Kabir Manrai & Digvijay Partap Singh 6-4,6-0,Conrad & Nihit Rawal bt Manjot Singh & Shrmay Dhawan 6-3,7-5,Param Pun & Sagar Bains bt Rahul Seth & Krishna Rajput 6-2,6-4,Paramveer Singh & Adhhyan bt Rishabh Sharda & Raunaq Marwaha 6-0,6-1.

Girls Under-16: Aarushi Kakkar & Gurmehar Kaur bt Ashpreet Kaur & Ikshika Sangri 6-1,6-1,Sarah Dev & Bani Singh bt Aastha Malhotra & Rubani Ahluwalia 6-1,6-3.

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