Chandigarh January 9 : The qualifying rounds of ITF Junior Tournament for boys and girls ended today with Shaikh Abdullah, Suraj R Prabodh and Nischay Rawal from India alongwith Shao Chi Yang from Taipei making it to the Main Draw. In the girls qualifying finals Sai Samhitha, Likitha Shetty from India alongwith Oleksandra Korashvili from Ukraine and Fang Chi Tsao from Taipei making it to the Main Draw.
In the finals of the qualifying round the CHART trainee Ranjeet Singh put up sterling performance before going down in 3 keenly contested sets to Suraj R Prabodh. Ranjit Singh won the 1st set 4-6 and then went down fighting in a tie breaker 7-6(3). Suraj R Prabodh then came with renewed vigour to tame Ranjit Singh 6-3.
In the girls singles Fang Chi Tsao of Taipei was fully stretched by Shreya Pasricha of India. Shreya Pasricha lost the first set 6-2 then came back strongly in the 2nd set to clinch it 2-6 before Fang Chi Tsao got the better of Sherya Pasricha in 3rd set 6-3.
The sign-in of the both boys and girls was completed 6.00 P.M. In a boys 28 and in a girls 26 signed up for Main Draw.
The opening ceremony and Main Draw matches will start at 10.00 A.M. in CLTA Complex. Justice S. S. Sodhi, President, CLTA will be introduce the players and officials before the start of the tournament.
The results of final qualifying round are as below:-
Boys Singles
Final Qualifying Round Results:-
Shaikh Abdullah (IND) bt Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) 6-1, 6-0
Shao Chi Yang (TPE) bt Liya Lunev (RUS) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Suraj R Prabodh (IND) bt Ranjeet Sing (IND) 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3
Nischay Rawal (IND) bt Jie Feng (CHN) 6-4, 7-5
Girls Singles
Final Qualifying Round Results:-
Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND) bt Sukhmani Sahiba Kaur Wadhwa (IND) 6-3, 6-4
Oleksandra Korashvili (UKR) bt Ayna Arora (IND) 6-0, 6-1
Fang Chi Tsao (TPE) bt Shreya Pasricha (IND) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
Likitha Shetty (IND) bt Anuskha Bhargaca (IND) 6-3, 6-2