Alamelu qualifies

In the girls under -16 event, Shilpi Chauhan had to work hard for a 8-7 win against Satvika Saboo while Poornima Narayan had an easy time against Tanya Lieberhan.

In boys’ action, Sikander jaitley and Vipin Sirpaul took the long route into the main draw while Varun Giri and Divij Sharan breezed through. Meanwhile, Chandigarh’s Anoop Anand whitewashed Wrik Ganguly 8-0, all in the under-16 section.

In the under-14 group, Tanya’s brother Tushar Lieberhan had better luck beating Siddharth Gulati 8-0.

Results
Final qualifying rounds
Boys under 16: Varun Giri (Del) bt Sandeep Pant 8-2; Anoop Anand (Chd) bt Wrik Ganguly 8-0; Sikander Jaitley bt Varun Walia 8-6; Divij Sharan (Del) bt Pyas Chaudary 8-3; Abhishek Gautam bt Tushar Garg 8-5; Anuj Gupta bt Sandeep Chaudhury 8-4; Ditya Pal Singh bt Sandeep Gadre 8-5; Vipin Sirpaul bt Rajat Madan 8-6.

Boys under 14: Gaurang Mehta bt Kushal Kapoor 8-1; Varun Walia bt Tarun Kumar 8-1; Mayank Jain bt Mahanandan Tyagi 8-4; Yuvraj bt Rachit Raj 8-6; Aditya Talwar bt Siddarth Walia 8-0; Ardaman Sidhu bt Pradeep Pant 8-4; Mayank Tyagi bt Abhinav Grover 8-0; Tushar Liberhan bt Siddarth Gulati 8-0.

Girls under 16: Shilpi Chauhan bt Satvika Saboo 8-7 (7-1); Sonali Kapoor bt Mallika Ahluwalia 8-1; Poornima Narayan bt Tanya Liberhan 8-2; Monika Goel bt Parul Goswami 8-0.Girls under 14: Neha Singh bt Ridhi Gupta 8-2; Aanchal Sharma bt Anjani Kant 8-7 (8-6); Yuvika Sharma bt Shama Praveen 8-0; Alamelu Ramamurthy bt Simer 8-7 (12-10).