Jasmine stuns top seed Mehak, makes it to tennis quarterfinals
February 9, 2022
Haryana’s Jasmine Kaur stunned top seed Punjab’s Mehak Preet Kaur in straight sets to qualify for the girls’ U-16 quarterfinals in the ongoing Roots-AITA CS7 National Ranking Tennis Championship. Jasmine recorded a 6-3, 6-3 win over her rival.
Punjab’s Akshdha Sharma defeated Kritika Sharma (6-2, 6-3), while Ekam Kaur Shergill ousted Chandigarh’s Payal Khangwal without conceding a single game (6-0, 6-0). Mannat Awasthi stunned fourth seed Priyanshi Katial (6-4, 6-3) and Akshara Bura defeated Florence Bhumbak (6-1, 6-0).
Akshita Vashisht registered a comeback (4-6, 7-5, 10-4) win over second seed Agampreet Kaur.
In the girls’ U-14 category, top seed Akshara Bura blanked Smaira Sidhu (6-0, 6-0) to reach the quarterfinals. Sahej Lakhat defeated Amana Bhalla (6-0, 6-1), Jasmine Kaur ousted Kritika Sharma (6-3, 6-1) and Priyanshi Katial outplayed Vrinda Verma (6-0, 6-1). —
