CHANDIGARH, AUG 10 :Jaanesh Kaur of Chandigarh and Himanshu Mali of Maharashtra have been top-seeded in the girls Under-18 and boys Under-18 singles of the AITA Talent Senior Tennis Tournament which begins at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10 here tomorrow.
Nehal Sahni of Delhi, who is top seed in the girls Under-14 singles, got second seed in the girls Under-18 singles. On the basis of his AITA points, Kamal Kishore of Rajasthan got the top billing in the boys under-14 singles.
Jagesh Kaur, Prabhamrit, Parminder and Iktesh Chahal were awarded wild cards in the girls under-18 singles. Mandeep Gill, Hary Singh Amor, Shekhar Gaddh and Dhruv Aggarwal will be wild card entrants in the boys under-18 singles.
Meanwhile, Suraj Beniwal, Hardeep Singh, Kavit, Arpit, Aiman, Nischey, Paramveer Toor and Amardeep qualified for the boys under-18 singles main draw after beating their respective rivals in the final qualifying round played today. In a closely contested final qualifying round Paramveer Singh Toor prevailed over Ranjeet Singh 7-6(7) in the tie-breaker session.,
Wild cards: Girls Under-18: Jaanesh Kaur, Prabhamrit Kaur, Parminder, Iktesh Chahal.
Boys Under-14: Harsh D’Silva, Vishu Parsad, Shashank Sharma, Kamal Kishore.
Boys Under-18: Mandeep Gill, Harry Singh Amor, Shekhawr Gaddh, Dhruv Aggarwal.
Seedings: Boys Under-18 singles: 1 Himanshu Mali, 2 Akkhit Joshi, 3 Amrinder Mann, 4 Navmeet Kumar, 5 Gurvinder Mann, 6 Bhavesh Gour, 7 Bhavneet Singh.
Boys Under-14 singles: 1 Kamal Kishore, 2 Pankaj Kumar, 3 Jatinder Singh, 4 Abhimanyu Singh, 5 Atul Sripatel, 6 Mandeep Kumar, 7 Ranjit Singh, 8 Niklesh Kanojia.
Girls Under14 singles: 1 Nehal Sahni, 2 Shreya Malhotra, 3 Vibhuti Khullar, 4 Riya Bhatia, 5 Shivani Manchanda, 6 Naina Goswami, 7 Hassan Dhanoa, 8 Harkirat Bains.
Girls Under-18 singles: 1 Jaanesh Kaur, 2 Nehal Sahni, 3 Pooja Naraina, 4 Tanya Chadha, 5 Gundeep Kaur, 6 Bhavika Wadhawan, 7 Lovleen Raizada and 8 Yogita Saini.
Qualifying results:
Boys under-14 (final round): Dhruv Aggarwal bt Jagtar 7-0, Dalwinder Singh bt Raghav Talwar 7-5, Dhruv Goyal bt Santbir 7-2, Himanshu bt Akash Goyal 7-1, Sachin Kumar bt Shashank Sharma 7-1, Pranav Suri bt Ranjot Singh 7-3, Gravik bt Andrew Pradeep 7-1, Vikas Goyat bt Tejbir Singh 7-5.
Girls Under-18 (final qualirying round): Amreen bt Harkirat Kaur Bains 7-2, Jaspreet Singh bt Madhu Shani 7-5, Riya Bhatia bt Raunika Nagpal 7-1, Jaya Lakshmi bt Kinshu 7-3, Indu Punia bt Silky Sachdeva 7-1, Hassan Abdal Dhanoa bt Sudeshna 7-1, Ravnoor Kaur bt Samridhi Lodha 7-2, Nikita bt Anukriti 7-5.
Boys Under-18 (final round): Suraj Beniwal bt Bhavraranpreet Singh 7-4, Hardeep Singh bt Rohit 7-2, Kavit bt Pankaj Kumar 7-3, Arpit bt Zian 7-3, Aiman bt Atul Sri Patel 7-3, Nischey bt Shadap 7-4, Paramveer Singh Toor bt Ranjeet Singh 7-6(7), Amardeep Singh bt Fatehdeep Singh 7-4.