Krishan into the 2nd round of the U-16 Tennis Nationals
May 21, 2019, Chandigarh
Nirav Shetty of Maharashtra was humbled by Chandigarh’s Krishan Hooda in straight sets to seal the spot in the second round of CCI Ramesh Desai Memorial U-16 Tennis Nationals at the Mumbai’s Cricket Club of India on Monday. The fifth seed was won 6-2 6-2.
The second seed between Haryana’s Chirag Duhan was won by Chirag 6-0 6-1, against state mate Jasmeet Duhan.
Karan Singh, also from Haryana, rallied from a set down to West Bengal’s Apurnava Majumdar. The ninth seed lost the opening set 3-6, but came back strongly to clinch the next two sets 6-3 6-0 to stay alive in the competition.
Chandigarh’s Jitin Chetry, meanwhile, bowed to Maharashtra’s Karim Khan 0-6 1-6. Haryana’s Aditya Nandal and Vansh Nandal also made an early exit from the tournament.
Aditya went down 4-6 0-6 to third seed Denim Yadav of Madhya Pradesh, while Vansh lost 4-6 0-6 to Maharashtra’s Daksha Agarwal. Haryana’s Ansh Kundu also crashed out in the opening round. Kundu succumbed 2-6 0-6 to Anargha Ganguly of Maharashtra.
Bushan Haobam of Manipur and Arjun Gohad of Maharashtra also carved out surprise first round victories. Haobam upset seventh seed Aayush Bhat of Karnataka 4-6 6-0 6-2, while Gohad accounted for 13th seed Dhanya Shah of Gujarat1-6 6-2 6-1.
The 1st round results are as follows:
Bushan Haobam of Manipur and Arjun Gohad of Maharashtra also carved out surprise first round victories. Haobam upset seventh seed Aayush Bhat of Karnataka 4-6 6-0 6-2, while Gohad accounted for 13th seed Dhanya Shah of Gujarat1-6 6-2 6-1.
