Chandigarh March 27, 2008:- It was a smooth sailing for both the top seeded players in boys under 16 age category at ongoing 4th Late Sh. L.D.Kapoor Memorial Total Tennis Championship being played at YMCA sector 11 Chandigarh.Both top seeds Nishchay Rawal of Total Tennis Academy and the second
seed Pragun Vinayak of CLTA had a similar luck when they crushed Bhavya Jain and Kunal Kapoor respectively with ease at 8-1 to reach to the semifinal stage to be played on 29th March, 2008. Others who made it to the semifinal stage are Andrew Pradeep of Total Tennis and Taranpreet Singh. They both beat Arshbuland Aulakh and Kanwaljot Bajwa at a identical score at 8-4.
In the boys under 14 category top seeded Nishchay Rawal proved too good for his opponent Yogesh Dahiya as he won 8-0 to face his practice partner Utkarsh Khosla in the quarterfinal. Utkarsh Khosla blanked Santbir Singh 8-0. Sanjog Singh beat Puneet Singh 8-5 to face Kanwaljot Singh in the quarterfinal. Kanwaljot Bajwa beat Shubham Vij 8-5. Second seed Dheeranush Bhatti upsets by Bhavya Jain in the second round at 8-5. Bhavya will now face Rohin Vinayak in the quarterfinal. Rohin Vinayak beat Birgurman Singh 8-5. Sachin Kumar and Andrew Pradeep too booked their berth in the quarterfinals by beating Vikas Goet and Anvit Gupta respectively without much difficulty.
In the boys under 12 category all the top four seeded players proved their ranking right bt reaching to the semifinal stage. Dheeranush beat Santbir Singh 8-2. Dheeranush will now face the third seed Rohin Vinayak who stopped the winning run of Sanchit Malhotra by beating him 8-5. Fourth seed Abhijit Singh beat Birgurman Singh 8-4 to face the second seed Sachin Kumar in the semifinal. Sachin Kumar beat Yogesh Dahiya 8-3.
In the girls section matches started today in all age categories i.e. girls under 10, under 12 and girls under 16. The seeded players had an mixed luck today. In the girls under 16 category the third seeded unseeded Nikita Sharma beat the third seed Hasan Avdal of Patiala in a tough fought battle at 6-4. Top seed Madhushni Rajendra beat Nandinee Sharma by 6-3. Unseeded Ramneek Kaur upset the second seed Arshee Khosla by beating her 6-3. Ramneek will now face Navjot Kaur in the quarterfinal. Navjot beat Jannat in a one sided affair at 6-1. Others who made to the quarterfinal stage are Ayena Arora, NEhmat Aulakh and Ashima Garg.
Following are the results:-
Girls under 10 quarterfinal
1. Nandinee Sharma beat Aashta Malhotra 5-1
2. Prinkle beat Neihal 5-0
3. Rubani beat Shreya Bali 5-0
4. Vanshika Sawhney beat Aikya 5-0
Girls under 12 first round
1. Hasan Abdal beat Nimrat Walia 5-2
2. Ayna Arora beat Aikya 5-1
3. Nikita beat Vanshika Sawhney 5-4(6)
4. Nandinee Sharma beat Neha Sharma 5-0
5. Nehmat Aulakh beat Ravnoor 5-2
6. Mankya w/o Aastha Malhotra
7. Sabrina Gill beat Pallavi Hooda 5-0
Girls under 16 first round
1. MadhuSheni Rajendra beat Nandinee Sharma 6-3
2. Ayna Arora beat Suvarna Singh 6-1
3. Nikita Sharma beat Hassan Abdal 6-4
4. Nehmat Aulakh beat Raida 6-5(5)
5. Ashima Garg beat Aiynaaj Sidhu 6-3
6. Navjot Kaur beat Jannat 6-1
7. Ramneek Kaur beat Arshe Khosla 6-3
Boys under 12 quarterfinal
1. Dheeranush Bhatti beat Santbir Singh 8-2
2. Rohin Vinayak beat Sanchit Malhotra 8-5
3. Abhijit Singh beat Birgurman Singh 8-4
4. Sachin Kumar beat Yogesh Dahiya 8-3
Boys under 14 second round
1. Nishchay Rawal beat Yogesh Dahiya 8-0
2. Utkarsh Khosla beat Santbir Singh 8-0
3. Sanjog Singh beat Puneet Singh 8-5
4. Kanwaljot Bajwa beat Shubham Vij 8-5
5. Sachin Kumar beat Vikas Goet 8-2
6. Andrew Pradeep beat Anvit Gupta 8-3
7. Rohin Vinayak beat Birgurman Singh 8-4
8. Bhavya Jain beat Dheeranush Bhatti 8-5
Boys under 16 quarterfinal
1. Nishchay Rawal beat Bhavya Jain 8-1
2. Andrew Pradeep beat Arshbuland Aulakh 8-4
3. Taranbir Singh beat Kanwaljot Bajwa 8-4
4. Pragun Vinayak beat Kunal Kapoor 8-1