Charmi Gopinath logs easy victory

Chandigarh, January 10

Charmi Gopinath defeated fourth seed Hannah Nagpal in straight sets 4-1, 4-2 in a girls’ U-18 second round qualifying round match of the ITF World Tour Tennis Juniors (Grade-2) Tournament at the Sector 10 CLTA Complex today.

Kotistha Modak also recorded an easy 4-2, 4-0 win over Gauri Mangaonkar.

In the boys’ U-18 category, top seed Manas Dhamne defeated Adhirit Awal 4-1, 4-0 and second seed Vineeth Mutyala blanked Tarun Korwar 4-2, 4-2. R Senthil Kumar also registered an easy 4-1, 5-3 win over Shivaraj Chandan, while Jasmeet Duhan ousted seventh seed R Sundararaman 4-0, 0-4 (10-3). Krish Tyagi overpowered Debasis Sahoo 4-0, 4-2 and Monil Lotlikar beat Akarsh Gaonkar 4-1, 5-4 (5). Bhushan defeating Rishivandhan Sadeeshkumar 4-1, 4-2 and Deep Munim thrashed Saharia Choudhary 4-1, 4-1. — TNS