CHANDIGARH: Qualifier Jay Kedar Dixit and Harsh Fogaat advanced into semi-finals in the Boys singles of the LT Foods Limited CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament for Boy’s & Girl’s under-18 at Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
Jay Kedar of Maharashtra beat another qualifier Svarmanyu Singh 6-1, 6-2 in straight sets. Top seed Michael Jason David defeated Aryan Chauhan of Haryana in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. 4th seed Aryan Arora also moved into semifinals.
In the girls singles quarterfinals second seed Riya Kaushik won from Diva Datta in straight sets by conceding only one game 6-1, 6-0. Anandi P Bhutada Maharashtra upset sixth seed Isheeta Midha 6-0, 6-2. Anandi played in top form with her aggressive ground strokes to beat Isheeta .
Anandi won the first set without conceding a single game 6-0. In the second set Anandi maintained her rhythm and closed the set and the match 6-2. Top seeds Harnoor Kaur Sidhu and Tamanna Panwar advanced into semifinals.
In the boys doubles semi-finals top seed Michael Jason David and his partner Aryan Arora defeated Rajeshwar Reddy Patlolla and Jay Kedar Dixit in a 3 setter match tie break 4-6, 6-4, 10-7. Jason and his partner will face Harsh Fogaat and Aditya Rathi in Boys doubles finals tomorrow.
In the girls doubles semifinals Suhani Sabharwal and Sia Mahajan defeated Diva Datta and Harnoor Kaur 6-2, 6-4.
Results (q-finals)
Boys singles under-18: Michael Jason David (KR) [1] bt. Aryan Chauhan (HR) 6-1, 6-2, Harsh Fogaat (DL) bt. Jay Prakash Pawar (MH) 6-2, 6-3, Aryan Arora (PB) [4] bt. Lakshya Gupta (PB) 6-1, 6-1, Jay Kedar Dixit (MH) (Q) bt. Svarmanyu Singh (MH) (Q) 6-1, 6-2.
Girls under-18: Harnoor Kaur Sidhu (PB) [1] bt. Sia Mahajan (CH) [8] 6-4, 6-2, Tamanna Panwar (HR) [4] bt. Gursimrat Kaur (PB) [5] 1-1 (concede), Anandi Pravinkumar Bhutada (MH) bt. Isheeta Midha (CH) [6] 6-0, 6-2, Riya Kaushik (CH) [2] bt. Diva Datta (UP) 6-1, 6-0.
Boy’s under-18 doubles (s-finals): Michael Jason David (KR) [1] / Aryan Arora (PB) bt. Rajeshwar Reddy Patlolla (TS) / Jay Kedar Dixit (MH) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7, Harsh Fogaat (DL) / Aditya Rathi (DL) [2] bt. Bhavya Singhmar (HR) / Aditya Chauhan (HR) 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Girls under-18 doubles (s-finals): Suhani Sabharwal (MH) / Sia Mahajan (CH) bt. Diva Datta (UP) / Harnoor Kaur Sidhu (PB) [4] 6-2, 6-4,