CHANDIGARH: Qualifier third seed Bhicky Sagolshem and Anirudh Sangra moved into semifinals in the Boys under-18 singles in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls under-12 and 18 at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today
. Bhicky Sagolshem blanked eighth seed Daksh Gupta 6-0, 6-0 in straight sets, Qualifier fourth seed Anirudh Sangra outplayed eighth seed Aradhya Dewedi 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets. Anirudh played high quality tennis. Anirudh used his backhand slice to break down the opponent's momentum and used his big forehand to finish in the crucial and important points. Second seed Pradip Patel and Svarmanyu Singh also advanced into the boys under-18 semifinals.
Top seed Riya Kaushik and Vanya Arora advanced into the girls under-18 singles semifinals. Riya Kaushik defeated Rubani Kaur Sidhu in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. In the other quarterfinals match Seventh seed Vanya Arora beat Ananya Chaudhary 6-4, 6-2.
Qualifier Ranbir Singh and Aarush Jain entered in the boys under-12 singles semifinals. Ranbir upset fifth seed Manav Shatrunga 6-2, 6-1 in an easy match. Second seed Rabiah Dullet and Ananya Sharma advanced into finals in Girls under-12 singles.
Bhicky / Ashwajit and Anirudh / Arnav moved into the boys under-18 doubles final. Top seed Prabhroop Kalsi and Ribhav Saroha and Ranbir Singh / Heet Kandohriya advanced into finals in boys under-12 doubles .
Results
Boys under-18 singles (q-finals): Svarmanyu Singh bt. Arnav Bishnoi [5] 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, Bhicky Sagolshem [3] (Q) bt. Daksh Gupta [6] 6-0, 6-0, Anirudh Sangra [4] (Q) bt. Aaradhaya Dwivedi [8] (Q) 6-2, 6-2, Yagna Pradip Patel [2] (Q) bt. Keshav Dangi 6-2, 7-5.
Boys under-12 singles (q-finals): Heet Kandoriya [1] bt. Mohit Singh (Q) 6-0, 6-1, Ranbir Singh (Q) bt. Manav Shatrunga [5] 6-2, 6-1, Aarush Jain bt. Taksheel Naagar 6-2, 6-1, Ashwin Chauhan bt. Ashish Kumar 6-3, 6-0.
Girls under-18 singles (q-finals): Riya Kaushik [1] bt. Rubani Kaur Sidhu [5] 6-3, 6-1, Bhumi Kakkar bt. Rhosyn William 6-1, 6-0, Vanya Arora [7] bt. Ananya Chaudhary 6-4, 6-2, Radha Sadhra [2] bt. Saanvi Garg [8] 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Girls under-12 singles (s-finals): Ananya Sharma bt. Ekam Kaur Shergill [1] 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, Rabiah Dullet [2] bt. Maahira Bhatia [3] 7-6(4), 6-2.
Boys under-18 doubles (s-finals): Bhicky Sagolsem / Ashwajit Senjam bt. Krishanpal Rajput/ Daksh Prem Rajpurohit 6-1, 6-1, Aanirudh Sangra / Arnav Bishnoi [2] bt. Lakshay Gupta / Keshav Dangi [3] 6-1, 6-2/
Boy’s under-12 doubles (s-finals): Prabhroop Kalsi / Ribhav Saroha [1] bt. Sankalp Sachdeva / Mohit Singh 6-3, 6-3, Ranbir Singh/ Heet Kandohriya [3] bt. Ayaan Chandel/ Samarth Kwatra 7-5, 6-4.