Fatehdeep marches in quarters

Playing a controlled game,former Chandigarh tennis player Fatehdeep Singh scored a 6-4,7-5 win over Paramveer Singh Bajwa to sail into the quarter-finals of the National Junior Tennis Championship being played in new Delhi on Wednesday.

Taking advantage of his big serve,Singh claimed the first set with a margin of 6-4 before Bajwa made a strong comeback in the second set of the match. But Singh held his nerves to claim the second and final set with a 7-5 margin to book a berth in the quarter-final stage of the tournament. In the other boys under-16 matches of the day,Prajwal Dev blanked Aryan Goves 6-0 6-0 while Udayan Bhakar rallied to go past Alex Solanki 3-6 6-3 6-3. M Sai Nikhil,Shashank Nautiyal and Bijay Gyan Bhaskar completed the quarter-final line-up in the category.