CHANDIGARH : Suraj Beniwal of Haryana upset sixth seed Sahil Gaware 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 and moved into men’s singles quarter-finals of ‘The Tribune Cup’ National Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
Suraj won the first set comfortably without conceding a game but Sahil bounced back to take second set 6-4. Both the players displayed good tennis. Suraj took the final set 6-4.
Top seed and former Davis Cupper V. M. Ranjeet faced some resistance in the second set from qualifier Jitin Dahiya. V. M. Ranjeet won 6-3, 7-5. Fourth seed Ranjeet Singh of CLTA also moved into quarter finals with straight set 6-4, 6-3 win over Ramakrishnan Rangraj. Paramveer Bajwa moved into quarter finals by defeating Jagmeet Singh 7-5, 6-0.
Other seeds seed 3 Vilaser Khate conceded 4 games to defeate qualifier Sagar Bains. Second seed Sidharth Vishwakarma defeated Digvijay Singh Mehta 6-3, 6-4. Fifth seed Sandeep Chaudhary defeated Javed Hazary Akbar 6-3, 7-5.
In the women’s singles, there were two upsets. Ishwari Seth upset fourth seed Aarushi Bhasin in a marathon three setter. Ishwari won 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-5. The match lasted 3 hours 20 minutes. Another upset was by Amreen Naaz who defeated 8th seed Shehnaaz Singh in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.
Third seed Anjali Thakur defeated Seerat Kaur Pannu 6-2, 6-0. Top seed M. Arthi also moved into quarter finals by defeating Gurleen Singh 6-4, 6-4. Seventh seed Harshita Chug defeated Sharmeen Rizvi without conceding a game moved into quarter finals. Fifth seed Isha Budhwal, sixth seed Shahan Shetty and second seed Neeru moved into quarter finals with straight set wins.
Results: Men’s singles (2nd Round [1]V.M. Ranjeet bt. Jatin Dahiya 6-3 7-5, Suraj Beniwal bt. [6]Sahil Gaware 6-0, 4-6, 6-4, [4]Ranjeet Singh bt. Ramakrishanan Rangraj 6-4, 6-3, Archit Jain bt. Deepinder Bains 6-4, 6-3, Paramveer Bajwa bt. Jagmeet Singh 7-5, 6-0, [3]Vilasier Khate bt. Sagar Bains 6-2, 6-2, [5]Sandeep Chaudhary bt. Javed Hazary Akbar 6-3, 7-5, [2]Siddharth Vishwakarma bt. Digvijay Singh 6-3, 6-4.
Women’s singles (2nd Round): [1] M. Arthi bt. Gurleen Singh 6-4, 6-4, [7] Harshita Chug bt. Sharmeen Rizvi 6-0, 6-0, Ishwari Seth bt. [4]Arushi Bhasin 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-5, [5] Isha Budhwal bt. Gayatri Kumaraiah 6-1, 6-3, Amreen Naaz bt. [8] Shehnaaz Singh 6-3, 6-3, [3] Anjali Thakur bt. Seerat Kaur Pannu 6-2, 6-0, [6] Shahan Shetty bt. Priyangana 6-3, 6-0, [2] Neeru bt. Anandita Mitra 6-2, 6-4.
Men’s Doubles (quarter-finals): [1]Sahil Gaware/Sandeep Chaudhary bt. Sidharth Vishwakarma/Yuvraj Chaudhary 6-4, 6-3, Parmveer Bajwa/Param Pun bt. Rohit Bisht/Archit Jain 6-2, 6-2, [3] Vilaser Khate/Digvijay Singh bt. Dheer Anush Bhatti/Nihit Rawal 6-4, 6-3, Ankit Chopra/Ranjeet Singh bt. [2] Maninder Singh/Aditya Tiwari 7-5, 6-4.
Women’s Doubles (quarter-finals): [2]Sahan Shetty/M. Arthi bt. Neerau Raparia/Isha Bhudhwal 3-6, 6-0, 10-4.