Paramveer wobbles,Vikrant strolls

Meanwhile,Vikrant continued to pack a punch with another superlative performance. This time he demonstrated his mastery over Sharmay Dhawan. Playing with utmost ease,Vikrant never had to break into a sweat and clinched the first set 6-1. His opponent did not find any comfort zone as Vikrant continued to press hard and won the second set 6-1 to enter the quarter-final stage.

In another lop-sided encounter,Nihit Rawal breezed past Sagar Bains 6-1,6-1 to make it to the quarter-finals. Param Pun lit up the day with a hard-fought 7-5,7-5 win over Sabrang Sandal. In the girl’s Under-16 category,top seed Charvi Saxena breezed past Saumya Saxena 6-3,6-3. In one of the most exciting matches of the day,Neelanchal Gupta came from behind to beat Rahat Manrai 3-6,6-4,6-4. Rahat kept Neelanchal quiet in the first set and won 6-1 to gain the upper hand. However,Neelanchal quickly found her rhythm and blasted her way to win the next two sets in succession to move into the next round. Similarly,Gulmehar Kaur registered a hard-fought 4-2,6-2,6-1 win over Nimrat Walia.

Results:

(Pre-q-finals): Boys: Under-12: Rishabh Sharda bt Sehj Sidhu 4-0,4-0,Abhimanyu Rozra bt Chiraz Singh 4-2,5-4 (5),Anmol Rattan bt Akshit Chabra 4-0,4-2,Sarvesh Maria bt Neeraj Yashpaul 4-2,4-0,Asav Kumar bt Dharuv Sharma 4-1,4-1,Sanchit Sikka bt Satyakam Kohli 4-0,4-0,Savneet S. Bajwa bt Sahishnu Sharma 1-4,4-2,5-3,M. S. Karthik bt Mohan Nagreta 2-4,5-3,4-1; Boys: Under-16: Vikrant Dahiya bt Sharmay Dhawan 6-1,6-1,Nihit Rawal bt Sagar Bains 6-1,6-1,Manjot Singh bt Rahul Seth 7-5,6-4,Sultan S. Atwal bt Rohit Dhiman 6-2,6-1,Raghav Talwar bt Mritunjay Badola 7-6 (8),6-3,Param Pun bt Sabrang Sandal 7-5,7-5,Santbir S. Bangu bt Maahin Puri 6-4,6-7 (4),6-1,Paramvir S. Bajwa bt Yuvraj Singh 6-4,3-6,6-4; Girls: Under-12: Prinklel Singh bt Hunsal Brar 4-0,4-1,Sehajnoor Dhillong bt Anushka Sekhon 4-1,4-1,Ashpreet K. Bajwa bt Tanisha Bansal 4-0,4-1,Akshita Tandon bt Vanshika 4-1,4-2,Shreya Gulia bt Hargun Kaur 4-0,4-0,Alisha Menon bt Hansika 1-4,4-1,4-1,Nimrat Kaur Kang bt Anubhuti Singh 4-1,4-0; Girls: Under-16: Charvi Saxena bt Saumya Saxena 6-3,6-3,Krishma Mehta bt Alisha Menon 6-1,6-0,Neelanchal Gupta bt Rahat Manrai 3-6,6-4,6-4,Prinkle Singh bt Janvi Shivran 6-1,6-2,Harsimran Kaur bt Seerat Sidhu 6-1,6-0,Gulmehar Kaur bt Nimrat Walia 4-2,6-2,6-1,Aarushi Kakkar bt Sarah Dev 6-4,6-4,Shrishty Dhanda bt Komaljit Kaur 6-3,6-1; Doubles: Boys: Under-16: Paramveer Singh Bajwa and Param Pun bt Sehaj Sidhu and Akshit Chabra 6-0. 6-0,Rahul Seth and Manjot Singh bt Ramnjot and Jagdeep 6-2,6-3,Sabrang Sandal and Rahul K. Verma bt Raunaq S. M. and Sagar bains 6-4,0-6,10-7,Adhayan and Sultan Atwal bt Rohit Dhiman and Sachit Malhotra 6-1,7-5,Rishabh Sharda and Abhimanyu Rozra bt Anmol R. Kamboj and M.S. Karthik 6-4,6-3,Nihit Rawal and Vikrant Dahiya bt Chiraz Singh and Maria Sarvesh 6-0,6-0; Doubles: Girls: Under-16: Charvi Saxena and Saumya Saxena bye,Nimrat Kaur Kang and Alisha Menon bt Ashpreet K. Bajwa and Ikshika 6-2,6-1,Prikal Singh and Sarah Dev bye,Shrishti Danda and Kavya bt Hansika and Hargun Kaur 6-1,6-0,Karishma Mehta and Arushi Kakkar bt Sandeep Kaur and Kamal Bhalla 6-3,6-1.