Ajay, Sukpreet create a ripple
December 20, 2017, Chandigarh
Reference: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/ajay-sukpreet-create-a-ripple/article21995930.ece
Ajay Singh stunned top seed Shashikant Rajut 6-3, 6-4 in the under-18 pre-quarterfinals of the AITA Championship series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Tuesday.
Second seed Aakarshit Mahajan was also beaten. He lost 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1 to Sukpreet Singh Jhoje.
Rijul outplays Manit
In the girls’ under-18 section, Rijul Vidyasagar Sidanale outplayed fifth seed Manit Kumar 6-2, 6-1.
Rijul was up 6-0, 5-0 against third seed Vrinda Sharma in the under-16 event when the latter conceded the match.
The results (pre-quarterfinals): Boys: Under-18: Ajay Singh bt Shashikant Rajput 6-3, 6-4; Manveer Singh bt Hitesh Yadav -2, 6-0; Uddayvir Singh bt Mankirat Singh Baidwan 6-3, 6-3; Aryan Thakur bt Svamin Sharma 6-4, 6-2; Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Parveen Kumar 7-6(6), 6-4; Yuvraj Singh Kooka bt Gaurav Kumar 6-2, 6-0; Asav Kumar bt Sidharth Goel 6-3, 6-4; Sukpreet Singh Jhoje bt Aakarshit Mahajan 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1.
Under-16: Uddayvir Singh bt Samarbit Singh Sidhu 6-2, 6-2; Jitin Kumar Chetry bt Parth Goel 6-4, 6-3; Manveer Singh bt Gaurav Kumar 6-3, 7-5; Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje bt Rishi Dahiya 6-0, 6-0; Mankirat Singh Baidwan w.o. Amitoj Singh Sachdeva; Ajay Singh bt Gurustat Singh Makkar 6-2, 6-0; Aryan Thakur bt Sidharth Goel 6-4, 6-1; Shrut Mohan Nargeta bt Sarthak Gandhi 6-1, 6-4.
Girls: Under-18: Simran Pritam bt Ridhima Mehra 6-1, 6-1; Harnoor Kaur Sidhu w.o. Vrinda Sharma; Kuhoo Atrey bt Sukhmani Sahota 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Nimrat Kaur Atwal bt Amarjot Kaur Bundhel 6-3, 6-1; Arti Nayan bt Mrinalini Sharma 6-3, 6-2; Rijul Vidyasagar Sidanale bt Manit Kumar 6-2, 6-1; Priyanka Jakhar bt Mansi Mahia 6-2, 6-1.
Under-16: Simran Pritam bt Harleen Kaur Dhanda 6-2, 6-1; Kuhoo Atrey bt Manis Mahla 6-0, 6-0; Rijul Vidyasagar Sidanale bt Vrinda Sharma 6-0, 5-0 concd.; Adiit Singh bt Sagarika Soni 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Pawandeep Kaur bt Bhoomi Kakkar 6-1, 6-4; Sukhmani Sahota bt Vanya Arora 6-0, 6-0; Vaibhavi Saxena bt Ridhima Mehra 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Konika Singh Dhull bt Gauri Arora 6-1, 6-0.
