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Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association trainees Ashwajit Senjam and Shanker Heisnam moved into quarterfinals in the Boys under-18 singles in the CLTA-AITA National Series Tennis Tournament for Boy’s & Girl’s under-18 at the Sector 10 Tennuis Stadium here  on Tuesday.

. Third seed Ashwajit defeated Arnav Bishnoi in straight sets 6-3, 7-5. In the first set Ashwajit played high level tennis and closed the set 6-3 without getting much pressure. In the second set both players played high level tennis, finally Ashwajit used his experience and closed the set and match 7-5.

In the another match seventh seed Shanker Heisnam defeated ninth seed Vansh Bisht of Delhi in a 3 setter marathon match. It was lasting three an half hours. Shanker was 2-5 down in the first set, Shanker came back strongly and took the set 7-6(2). In the second set Vansh saved 4 match points and won the 2nd set in tie break 7-6(8). In the final set Shanker refocused and played solid match to close the third set and match 6-0 without conceding a single game.

Another CLTA Player Bhicky Sagolshem upset second seed Parth Deorukhakar of Maharashtra 6-3, 6-1 in straight sets. Top seed Rian Sharma, Aryan Jolly and Shivam Devam also advanced into Quarterfinals.

In the Girls under-18 singles pre-quarterfinals fourth seed Rubani Kaur Sidhu of CLTA Trainee defeated Avni Sharaya of Haryana in straight sets 6-3, 6-1. Another CLTA Trainee Radha Sadhra won from Adiraj of Tamilnadu 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets. Those players who moved into Quarterfinals are Vibha Khadka, Sidhak Kaur and Shatakshika Sahayak etc.

Results

Singles Pre-Quarterfinals round: 

Boys under-18: Rian Sharma (DL) [1] bt. Fatehyab Singh (MH) 6-2, 6-0, Aryan Jolly (HR) bt. Sachin Rana (DL) [11] 6-1, 6-4, Ashwajit Senjam (MN) [3] bt. Arnav Bishnoi (CH) 6-3, 7-5, Shivam Devam (HR) [6] bt. Yashsvi Balhara (CH) [10] 6-3, 6-4, Aryan Chauhan (HR) [12] bt. Hiren Malik (HR) 6-2, 6-1, Gurbaaz Narang (PB) bt. Arntya Ohlyan (HR) [13] 7-5, 6-0, Shankar Heisnam (MN) [7] bt. Vansh Bisht (DL) [9] 7-6(2), 6-7(8), 6-0, Bhicky Sagolsam (MN) [14] bt. Parth Prasannakumar Deorukhakar (MH) [2] 6-3, 6-1.

Girl’s under-18: Vibha Khadka (MP) bt. Ajenika Prui (CH) [13] 6-3, 6-1, Shatakshika Sahayak (UP) [9] bt. Mahalakshmi Kunchala (AP) 6-0, 6-1,Dhatri Dave (HR) [16] bt. Ananya Dhankar (HR) [3] 6-2, 6-3, Radhra Sadhra (HP) bt. Aadiraj K A (TN) 6-1, 6-1, Jasmine Rawat (HR) bt. Sangida Ruhil (DL) 6-4, 6-4, Rubani Kaur Sidhu (PB) [4] bt. Avni Sahraya (HR) [14] 6-3, 6-1, Sidhak Kaur (PB) [11] bt. G. Gaba (DL) 6-1, 6-3, Vamika Sharma (DL) bt. S. Kundliya (PB) 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles Quarterfinals

Boys under-18: P Deorukhakar (MH) / J Pawar (MH) [1] bt. Shounak Chatterjee (WB) / Parth Somani (MH) 7-5, 6-2, 10-8, 2. A. Chauhan (HR) / Rian Sharma (DL) [2] bt. Keshav Dangi (CH)/ Shorya Jishtu (CH) 6-3, 6-3 .

Girl’s under-18: Divya Sharma (HR) / Manshi Singh (HR) [1] bt. Aadirai K A (TN) / Kritika Katoch (CH) 6-1, 6-4, Dhatri Dave (HR) / Jasmine Rawat (HR) bt. Sidhak Kaur (PB) / Radha Sadhra (HP) 7-6(2), 6-2, M. Kunchala (AP) / Avni Sahraya (HR) bt. Gamya Gupta (PB) / Chhavi Seshadri (HR) [4] 7-6(3), 6-4, A. Dhankhar (HR) / Rubani Kaur Sidhu (PB) bt. Vibha Khadka (MP) / Shatakshika Sahayak (UP) 7-5, 6-4.