Bhavya sends top seed Nikita packing

Upsets continued to happen in the championship as it was turn of Chandigarh's Bhavya Wadhawan to send top seed Nikita Bishnoi of Chandigarh packing with a 6-3,0-6,7-5 win to rally into the semi-final stage...

Upsets continued to happen in the championship as it was turn of Chandigarh’s Bhavya Wadhawan to send top seed Nikita Bishnoi of Chandigarh packing with a 6-3,0-6,7-5 win to rally into the semi-final stage in the girls’ U-16 category in the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament being played at CLTA courts on Wednesday.

Wadhawan claimed the first set with a 6-3 margin before losing out the steam to lose the second set with a 0-6 margin. Wadhawan then regrouped her energies and claimed the third set with a narrow margin of 7-5 to book her berth in the semi-final stage of the tournament. In another quarter-final encounter in the same category,Harsimran Kaur of Haryana ended the challenge of Arshpreet Mann with a 6-4,3-6,6-2 win. Kaur claimed the first set with a margin of 6-4 before losing the second set with a 3-6 margin. Kaur then claimed the third and final set with a 6-2 margin to march into the semi-final stage of the tournament. It was easy going for Aashima Garg of Haryana as she ended the challenge of Gayatri Kumarian of Chandigarh with an easy 6-3,6-2 win. Garg claimed the first set with a 6-3 margin before claiming the second set with a margin of 6-2 to rally into the semi-final stage of the tournament. In the last quarter-final encounter in the same category,Pooja Mourya of Punjab scored an easy 6-2,6-1 win over Jennifer Luikham of Haryana. Mourya claimed the first set with a 6-2 margin before claiming the second set with a 6-1 margin to storm into the semi-final stage of the tournament.

In the boys’ u-12 category,Yash Yadav rallied into the semi-final stage with a 4-1,5-3 win over Sagar Bains of Chandigarh. Yadav claimed the first set with a 4-1 margin before claiming the second set with a 5-3 margin to book his berth in the semi-final stage. In another quarter-final encounter in the same category,Paramveer Singh Bajwa of Chandigarh ended the challenge of Rishabh Sharda of Chandigarh with a 4-0,5-3 win. Bajwa claimed the first set with a 4-0 margin before claiming the second set with a 5-3 margin. In the last quarter-final encounter of the U-12 category,Param Pun of Chandigarh rallied into the semi-final stage with a 4-2,4-1 win over Aryaman Aggarwal. Pun claimed the first set with an easy margin of 4-2 before claiming the second set with a 4-1 margin to storm ahead into the semi-final stage.

Results:

Quarter-finals: Boys: U-12: Yash Yadav (MP) bt Sagar Bains (CHD) 4-1,5-3; Karandeep Singh (PB) bt Ankrish Khanna (CHD) 4-0,4-0; Paramveer Singh Bajwa (CHD) bt Rishab Sharda (CHD) 4-0,5-3; Param Pun (CHD) bt Aryaman Agarwal (MP) 4-2,4-1; U-16: Pranav Suri (CHD) bt Jagtar Singh 6-3,6-2; Ranjeet Singh (CHD) bt Sachin Kumar (CHD) 6-3,6-0; Nirbhay Singh Soin (GUJ) bt Amlanjyoti Baruah (ASM) 6-0,6-4; Kamal Kishore Maderna (RAJ) bt Dheeranush Singh Bhatti (CHD) 6-1,6-1; Girls: U-12: Abhisha Jindal (CHD) w/o Shriya Kalia (HP); Jenifer Luikham (HAR) bt Sarah Dev (PB) 4-1,4-1; Rubani Ahluwalia (CHD) bt Seerat Pannu (PB) 4-2,4-0; Saumya Saxena (CHD) bt Bani (PB) 4-2,3-5,4-0; U-16 : Bhavya Wadhawan (CHD) bt Nikita (CHD) 6-3,0-6,7-5; Harsimran Kaur (HAR) bt Arshpreet Mann 6-4,3-6,6-2; Aashima Garg (HAR) bt Gayatri Kumarian (CHD) 6-3,6-2; Pooja Mourya (PB) bt Jennifer Luikham (HAR) 6-2,6-1.

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