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Yuvraj Singh,Ajay Kumar and Akshit Chhabra were only the handful of players who managed to win their respective matches without breaking a sweat. Otherwise those playing in the final qualifying matches in boy’s Under-14 category of the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament jointly organised by Manav Mangal School,Panchkula,and Ideal Tennis Academy,played at Manav Mangal School in Sector 11 on Monday.
Ajay Kumar had the easiest encounter of all as he made short work of Tegkaran,7-0. Akshit Chhabra also made it to the next round after registering an easy 7-1 win over Abhin Jain. Yuvraj,who looked in good touch,outclassed Udgam,7-2,to surge ahead.
The players who were made to work hard in the sun were Sohrab Singh,Vatsal Chouhan,Shivam Vij,Chiraz Dandona and Sehaj Punj. Sohrab squeezed past Siddharth Kanchustambam,7-4,in an exciting encounter while Catsal got the better of Aaryaverdhan Rathore,7-5,in another nail-biting encounter. Shivam kept his nerves and overcame Laksh Vohra,7-4,Chiraz overcame a stiff challenge from Nagender Rathore,7-5,to win his match while Sehaj also fought hard to register 7-5 win over Jyot Shikhar.
Results:
Final qualifying matches: Boys: Sohrab Singh bt Siddharth Kanchustambam 7-5,Yuvraj Singn bt Udgam 7-2,Ajay Kumar bt Tegkaran 7-0,Vatsal Chouhan bt Aaryaverdhan Rathore 7-5,Shivam Vij bt Laksh Vohra 7-4,Akshit Chhabra bt Abhin Jain 7-1,Chiraz Dandona bt Nagender Rathore 7-5,Sehaj Punj bt Jyot Shikar 7-5; 3rd round matches: Ajay Kumar bt Daksh Marwaha 7-6 (5),Aaryaverdhan Rathore bt Shubham Jain 7-3,Gautham Mittal bt Vatsal Chouhan 7-5,Laksh Vohra w/o Hemant Soni,Shivam Vij bt MS Kartik 7-6 (1),Akshit Chhabra bt Bhavdeep Singh 7-6(5),Abhin Jain bt Angad Brar 7-6(6),Chiraz Dandona bt Shreyas Chopra 7-4,Sehaj Punj bt Bhalinder S Oberoi 7-5,Jyot Shikhar bt Navkaran Singh 7-0.
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