Chandigarh: Krishan Hooda, Harnoor Kaur Sidhu enter tennis pre-quarterfinals

CHANDIGARH: Shashikant Rajput and Krishan Hooda advanced into the pre-quarterfinalsof theboysunder-18 singles at the St. Stephen’s School CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament being held at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association Stadium here on Monday.
Shshikant, the fifth seed defeated Ravinesh Rai of UP in straight sets by conceding only one game 6-0, 6-1 while top seed Krishan Hooda played high level tennis and dominated throughout the match with his aggressive ground stroke to outclass Devanshu Hooda 6-3, 6-1.Bhupinder Dahiya, Aryan Thakur and Gurustat Singh Makkar also moved into the pre-quarterfinals.
In the boys under-16 singles, 2nd seed Ajay Singh and Sarthak Gandhi moved into the next round. Ajay defeated Lakshay Gupta in straight sets 6-3, 6-0. The seventh seeded Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje outplayed Dhariya Chadha 6-0, 6-0.
In the girls under-18, qualifier Vanshita Malhotra defeated Yashika Venu 6-0, 6-2 to progress to the pre-quarters. Simran Pritam and Harnoor Kaur Sidhu also advanced by registering thumping wins.
In U-16 girls,secondseedAnjali Rathee and Pawandeep Kaur entered the pre-quarters. Anjali defeated Sanya Khan of Rajasthan in straightsets 6-4, 6-1 while qualifier Pawandeep won against Asher Harshri Chint 6-2, 6-1in straight sets.
The pre-quarterfinals and doubles quarterfinals matches will be played at the CLTA Tennis Stadium, Sector 10 on Tuesday.
Boy’s under-18
Krishan Hooda (HR) (Q) [1] bt. Divanshu Hooda (HR) 6-3, 6-1 Ninaad Ravi (KA) bt. Arnav Arora (PB) (Q) 6-3, 6-2 Abhik Arora (DL) bt. Aditya Nandwal (HR) 6-0, 6-2 Bhupender Dahiya (HR) [3] bt. Ansh Kundu (HR) 6-4, 6-0 Sarthak Gandhi (CH) bt. Khush Sharma (UP) 6-3, 6-4 Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (UP) bt. Vaibhav Singh Bisht (UK) [6] 6-2, 6-1 Shashikant Rajput (HR) (Q) [5] bt. Ravinesh Rai (UP) 6-0, 6-1 Gurustat Singh Makkar (PB) (Q) bt. Rohan Vikas Phule (MH) 6-2, 6-0 Aryan Thakur (CH) bt. Jaishnav Bajiroa Shindey (MH) (Q) 6-3, 6-4 Torus Rawat (UK) bt. Pranay Choudhary (RJ) [4] 7-5, 6-3 Dhananjay Singh (HP) (Q) bt. Udday Jyoyi Das (AS) (Q) 6-0, 6-2
Boy’s under-16
Deep Munim (MP) [1] bt. Raghav Poonia (DL) 6-1, 6-2 Daksh Prasad (MP) bt. Parag Jain (DL) (Q) 2-0, Retd.
Sarthak Gandhi (CH) bt. Aditya Chauhan (CH) 6-2, 6-4 Lakshay Vivek Kumar (HR) [6] bt. Avish Verma (PB) (Q) 6-3, 6-0 Adhirit Awal (TN) bt. Khush Sharma (UP) [3] 6-2, 6-1 Vitin Rathee (HR) bt. Rijul Bhatia (HR) 7-5, 6-2 Aryan Arora (PB) bt. Arnav Malik (UP) (Q) 6-1, 6-0 Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (PB) [7] bt. Dhairya Chadha (CH) 6-0, 6-0