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Top seed Ashwajit Senjam and Aniruddh Sangra advanced into the boys under-18 singles semii-finals of the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls under-14 and 18 at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here on WednesdaY.
(MOREPIC1)(MOREPIC2) Ashwajit defeated sixth seed Akshat Dhull 6-3, 6-1 in straight sets. Both players played good quality tennis in 1st set. After 3-3 Ashwajit used his experience and took next 3 games in a row to close the 1st set 6-3. In the 2nd set Ashwajit maintained his rhythm and played high energetic game. Ashwajit won the 2nd set and match easily 6-1.
In another quarterfinal third seed Aniruddh Sangra defeated Praneel Sharma in a 3 setter deciding match 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4. After 1st set down Aniruddh raised his level of game and maintained his consistently of ground stroke. Finally Aniruddh won the match 6-3, 6-4 in next two sets. Arntya Ohlyan and Aarav Chawla also advanced into sSemifinals.
Top seed Gaurish Madaan and second seed Ribhav Saroha entered Semifinals in the Boys under-14 singles sSemifinals. Gaurish defeated Prabhroop Kalsi 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets. Aaryaveer Sharma and Yashwin Dahiya also advanced into Semifinals.
In the girls under-18 singles Quarterfinals top seed Rubani Kaur Sidhu defeated Ditti Prajapat 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets. In the another Semifinals Vanya Arora won from Mannat Awasthi 6-0, 3-6, 6-2 in a 3 setter match. Vanshika Yadav and Aaradhya Tandon moved into semifinals in the Girls under-14 singles.
Results (singles q-finals)
Boys under-18: Ashwajit Senjam (MN) [1] bt. Akshat Dhull (CH) [6] 6-3, 6-1, Arntya Ohlyan (HR) [4] bt. Anuj Pal (CH) 7-6(0), 6-1, Anirudh Sangra (CH) [3] bt. Praneel Sharma (DL) (Q) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4, Aarav Chawla (HR) (Q) bt. Ojas Mehlawat (DL) (Q) 6-1, 6-3.
Boys under-14: Gaurish Madaan (CH) [1] bt. Prabhroop Kalsi (PB) 6-2, 6-2, Aryaveer Sharma (PB) [3] (Q) bt. Aarav Bishnoi (CH) 6-0, 7-5, Yashwin Dahiya (HR) bt. Devansh Kamboj (HR) 6-2, 6-2, Ribhav Saroha (PB) [2] bt. Viraj Singh Narang (PB) (Q) 6-4, 6-1.
Girls under-18: Rubani Kaur Sidhu (HR) [1] bt. Ditti Prajapat (CH) 6-1, 6-1, Vanya Arora (HR) [3] bt. Mannat Awasthi (CH) 6-0, 3-6, 6-2, Shrawasti Kundilya (PB) bt. Krittika Katoch (CH) [7] 6-0, 6-2, Tamanna Walia (PB) [6] bt. Bhumi Kakkar (CH) [2] 7-5, 6-0.
Girls under-14: Vanshika Yadav (CH) [1] bt. Avni Uttam (PB) 6-0, 6-0, Aaradhya Tandon (HR) [3] bt. Ekam Shergill (PB) [6] 6-3, 6-4 , Ditti Prajapat (CH) [4] bt. Aahana Bhalla (CH) [8] 6-3, 6-0, Ananya Sharma (CH) [2] bt. Jiana Chawla (CH) 6-1, 6-1.