Chandigarh,Tuesday : Unseeded qualifier CHART trainee Naresh Badgujar upset 4th seed Ishaan Sethi to move into quarter finals of St. Stephen’s School AITA Championship Series Tournament. After losing the 1st set 2-4, Naresh came back strongly to win the next set 4-1 and decider tie breaker by conceding only one point. He will be facing his practice partner, CHART trainee, Shashikant Rajput who defeated CLTA trainee Aishwaray Goel 4-1, 4-2.
Another qualifier CHART trainee Bhupender Dahiya upset 7th seed Dipin Wadhwa in a closely contested match. In that Bhupender won decider tie breaker 9-7. Top seed Rishabh Sharda, 2nd seed Calvin Golmei, 3rd seed Sahishnu Sharma and 4th seed Neeraj Yashpaul all CLTA trainees moved into quarter finals with straight set wins.
Dalbir Singh of Punjab upset 8th seed Savneet Singh Bajwa in a decider tie breaker 7-2.
In the Girls, top seed Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa was fully extended by qualifier CHART trainee Nikita Kharangra. Ashpreet won 5-3, 5-4(5). Other two CHART trainees Bindu Kulhria and Princy Panchal also moved into quarter finals. Bindu got Walk-Over from Rahat Mangat. Princy defeated Anu Mor 4-2, 4-2. 2nd seed Harleen Kaur won by conceding only one game.
3rd seed Shambhavi Tiwari also moved into quarter finals by conceding only one game. Mansi Singh upset 5th seed Adity Dogra 4-0, 4-2.
All the matches scheduled for 9:00 a.m. were delayed due to heavy rains. Mathes started from 12:00 noon onwards.
Quarterfinal matches will be held at CLTA Complex from 10:00 a.m. onwards.
All the results are as below:-
Boys Singles Pre Quarter Final
- (1)Rishabh Sharda bt. Archit Juneja 4-0, 4-0
- (5)Neeraj Yashpaul bt. Sehaj Punj 4-0, 4-1
- Naresh Badgujar bt. (4)Ishaan Sethi 2-4, 4-1, 7-1
- Shashikant Rajput bt. Aishwaray Goel 4-1, 4-2
- Bhupender Dahiya bt.(7)Dipin Wadhwa 4-2, 2-4, 9-7
- (3)Sahishnu Sharma bt. Krishan Hooda 4-0, 5-4(4)
- Dalbir Singh bt. (8)Savneet Singh Bajwa 4-1, 2-4, 7-2
- (2)Calvin Golmei bt. Navneet Singh Chahal 4-2, 4-1
Girls Singles Pre Quarter Final
- (1)Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa bt. Nikita Kharangra 5-3, 5-4(5)
- Tanisha Pranjal bt. Dikshita Rana 4-2, 5-3
- (4)Kavya Sahwney bt. Sehajveer Bhadal 4-1, 4-0
- Bindu Kulhria bt. (6)Rahat Mangat W/O
- (2)Harleen Kaur bt. Inayat Sandhu 4-0, 4-1
- Princy Panchal bt. Anu Mor 4-2, 4-2
- (3)Shambhvi Tiwari bt. Shrishty Dheer 4-1, 4-0
- Mansi Singh bt. (5)Adity Dogra 4-0, 4-2
Boys Doubles Pre Quarter Final
- (1)Calvin Golmei/Rishabh Sharda bt. Sehaj Punj/Udayvir Singh 4-0, 4-1
- Naresh Badgujar/ Shashikant Rajput bt. Dhruv Tangri/Jaishvin Sidana 4-1, 4-0
- (3)Dipin Wadhwa/Dalbir Singh bt. Vikramaditya Kadiyan / Sidharth Goel 4-0, 4-0
- Vatsal Chauhan / Rohit Malik bt. Jaiditya Goha/Raunaq Singh 4-0, 4-0
- Sarabjot Singh/Archit Juneja bt. Bhupender Dahiya/Krishan Hooda 4-1, 1-4, 7-5
- (4)M.S. Karhitk/Neeraj Yashpaul bt. Shrut Mohan Nargeta/Vaibhav Bisht 1-4. 4-2, 8-6
- Ayush Poddar/Rishi Jalota bt. Jaskaran Riar/Pranav Chopra 5-3. 5-4(5)
- Navneet Singh Chahal/Aishwaray Goel bt. (2)Ishan Sethi/Sarang Garg 5-4(1), 4-0
Girls Doubles Quarter Final
- (1)Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa/Sarah Dev bt. Tanisha Pranjal/ Sambhavi Tiwari 4-1, 4-1
- Princy Panchal/Nikita Kharangra bt. Saisha Khanna/Bindu Kulhria 5-4(3), 5-4(4)
- Inayat Sandhu / Sehajveer Bhandal bt. Lavnya Khushi/Aaditaa Vashisht 4-0, 3-5, 7-5
- (2)Kavya Sawhney/Riya Uboveja bt. Maansi Singh/Harleen Kaur 4-1,4-2
Boys Doubles Quarter Final
- (1)Calvin Golmei/Rishabh Sharda bt. Naresh Badgujar/ Shashikant Rajput 4-1, 4-0
- (3)Dipin Wadhwa/Dalbir Singh bt. Vatsal Chauhan / Rohit Malik 5-3, 4-2
- (4)M.S. Karhitk/Neeraj Yashpaul bt. Sarabjot Singh/Archit Juneja 4-2, 4-0
4. Navneet Singh Chahal/Aishwaray Goel bt. Ayush Poddar/Rishi Jalota 4-1, 0-4, 7-3