Tennis: Muskan beats Princy in straight sets

CHANDIGARH: Top seed Muskan Gupta outclassed Princy Panchal in straight sets during a match of the girls U16 category durng the ongoing CLTAAITA Championship Series CS7 Tennis Tournament being held at tennis courts of the CLTA Sector 10 today

Updated At : 07:32 AM Apr 01, 2015 IST

<p>A player in action during a match at the CLTA courts, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on Tuesday. Tribune Photo: Manoj Mahajan</p>

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 31

Top seed Muskan Gupta outclassed Princy Panchal, in straight sets, during a match of the girls (U-16) category, durng the ongoing CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament, being held at tennis courts of the CLTA, Sector 10, today. She overpowered her rival 6-1, 6-1.

In the same category, second seed Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa defeated Tanya Batra. In a well settled match, Ashpreet lost the opening game against Tanya 4-6 however she bounced back strongly in next two sets to register a 6-1, 6-1 win.

In the boys (U-14) singles category, CHART trainee Bhupender Dahiya upset top seed Harshit Yadav in a straight set win. Bhupender conceded only four games, before winning the game 6-1, 6-3, to move into quarter finals. Another CHART trainee Naresh Badgujar registered a surprising victory over third seed Ishan Sethi. He won 6-3, 6-2. Hot favourite of the category, Krishan Hooda posted a stunning win over Asav in straight sets. Krishan faced some resistance from Asav in the opening set, he maintained his calm to close it in a tie breaker 7-6(6). In the second set, Krishna outclassed Asav 6-0.

In boys (U-16) category, top seed Rishabh Sharda register a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 win over Ritvij. Sixth seed Ashutosh Tiwari won against CHART trainee Shashikant Rajput. Ashutosh won 6-4, 7-5. The quarter final matches will start on Wednesday.

Results (with rankings)

Boys (under-14) main draw second round: Bhupender Dahiya bt [1] Harshit Yadav 6-1, 6-3; [8] Sammar Raina bt Shrut Mohan Nargeta 6-4, 6-4; [4] Shashikant Rajput bt Asav Kumar 6-1, 6-1; Sarthak Sudan bt [6] Shubham Saini 6-1, 3-6, 6-0; [7] Nishant Dabas bt Aditya Saraswat 6-2, 6-4; Naresh Badgujar bt [3] Ishaan Sethi 6-3, 6-2; Anand Gupta bt Vikramaditya Singh 6-3, 6-2; Krishan Hooda bt Asav Kumar 7-6(6), 6-0.

Girls (under-14) main draw 2nd round: [1] Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt Kirti Arya 6-1, 6-1; [8] Anushka Sharma bt Himadri Kashyap 6-2, 6-3, 6-3; [4] Sandeepti Singh Rao bt Dnyanda Prasad Patil 6-3, 6-1; [5] Akshita Sharma bt Nikita Kharangra 6-4, 6-3; [7] Sambhavi Tiwari bt Priyanka Jakhar 6-3, 6-2; [3] Vanshika Chaudhary bt Princy Panchal 6-2, 7-6(3); Simran Pritam bt [6] Srishti Dhir 6-2, 6-1; Alisha Menon bt [2] Lenien Jamir 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

Boys (under-16) main draw second round: [1] Rishabh Sharda bt Ritvij 6-1, 6-1; [5] Neeraj Yashpaul bt Samar Raina 6-4, 6-1; Rhythm Malhotra bt [4] Harshit Yadav 6-1, 6-1; Vatsal Chauhan bt [8] Anmol Rattan Kamboj 7-6(2), 6-4; [6] Ashutosh Tiwari bt Shashikant Rajput 5-7, 6-4, 7-5; [3] Pranjay Kukreti bt Jaskaran Singh Riar 6-3, 6-4; Sahishnu Sharma bt Asav Kumar 6-2, 6-2; [2] N Calvin Golmei bt Naresh Badgujar 6-1, 6-2.

Girls (under-16) main draw second round: [1] Muskan Gupta bt Princy Panchal 6-1, 6-1; Dnyanda Patil bt Arti Nayan 6-1, 6-1; Sandeepti Singh Rao bt Alisha Menon 6-2, 6-2; [8] Rupkatha Muherjee bt Tushita Singh 6-3, 6-1; Shambhavi Tiwari bt Akshita Sharma 6-0, 7-6(4); [6] Lenien Jamir bt Shrishti Dhir 6-0, 6-4; [2] Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt Tanya Batra 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; [7] Vanshika Chaudhary bt Nandini Singh 6-3, 7-6(4).