Top seed Krishan Hooda of Chandigarh suffered a shock defeat at the hands of unseeded Mohit Bondre of Gujarat in a boys’ singles third round match of the MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise 12th Ramesh Desai Memorial CCI All India Nationals Under-16 (boys & girls) Tennis Tournament 2018. The Chandigarh lad, ranked number three on the AITA Ranking list struggled against his 26th ranked Gujarat opponent and bowed out losing in straight sets at 4-6, 4-6, at the Cricket Club of India tennis courts, Churchgate on Wednesday.
Vanshika Choudhary of Uttar Pradesh in action during her match at the MSLTA – Yonex Sunrise 12th Ramesh Desai Memorial CCI All India Nationals Under-16 (boys & girls) Tennis Tournament .
However, second seed Udit Gogoi of Assam, third seed Sushant Dabas and fourth seed Divesh Gahlot, both from Haryana, stayed on course, to advance to the quarter-finals.
The Assam challenger Udit, who is fifth on the AITA Rankings, recovered well after losing the first set to prevail over Maharashtra’s Aryan Bhatia, pulling through at 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 to make into the last eight round.
In the other pre-quarter-final ties, Sushant was a fluent 6-4, 6-2 winner over his state mate Aaryan Pandit, while Divesh easily defeated Maharashtra’s Amaan Tezabwala 6-1, 6-2 to progress to the quarter-finals.
In girls’ singles action, Vanshika Choudhary of Uttar Pradesh showed great resilience and fighting spirit as she clawed her way back to overcome qualifier Akanksha Nitture of Maharashtra in a pre-quarter-final match. The Noida based Vanshika lost a close first set but then made a strong reply by comfortably winning the next two sets to clinch a deserving 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-2 win and seal her place in the last eight. Vanshika also enjoyed a successful doubles outing as she combined perfectly with Haryana’s Sandeepti Rao to tame the pair of Chandrika Joshi Karnataka and Telangana’s Srujana Rayarala 6-2, 6-2 to charge into the semi-finals.
However, another qualifier Vipasha Mehra of Tamil Nadu advanced to the quarter-finals defeating Maharashtra’s 11th seed Richa Chougule 6-2, 7-6(5).
Results – Girls’ singles (3rd round): Sandeepti Rao (HR) bt Shreya Chakraborty (WB) 6-1, 6-3; Sharanya Gaware (MH) bt Rutuja Chaphalkar (MH) 6-2, 6-4; 4-Sanya Singh (MH) bt Kashish Bhatia (DL) 6-3, 6-4; Vipasha Mehra (TN) bt Richa Chougule (MH) 6-2, 7-6(5); Sanjana Sirimalla (TS) bt Renne Singla (HR) 6-3, 6-4; Sudipta Senthil Kumar (MH) bt Sunskruti Damera (TS) 6-2, 6-2; Vanshika Choudhary (UP) bt Akanksha Nitture (MH) 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-2; 2-Prerna Vichare (MH) bt Bhakti Shah (TS) 6-1, 6-3.
Boys’ singles (3rd round): Mohit Bondre (GJ) bt 1-Krishan Hooda (CH) 6-4, 6-4; 12-Naresh Badgujar (CH) bt 6-Arnav Pathange (KA) 6-3, 6-2; 3-Sushant Dabas (HR) bt Aaryan Pandit (HR) 6-4, 6-2; Sammr Raina (DL) bt Girish Chougule (MH) 7-5, 6-1; 7-Dhruv Tangri (PB) bt 9-Uddayvir Singh (CH) 6-2, 6-4; 4-Divesh Gahlot (HR) bt Amaan Tezabwala (MH) 6-1, 6-2; Nishant Dabas (DL) bt Denim Yadav (MP) 6-1, 6-2; 2-Udit Gogoi (AS) bt Aryaan Bhatia (MH) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Girls’ doubles (quarter-finals): Sandeepti Rao (HR)/ Vanshika Choudhary (UP) bt Chandrika Joshi (KA)/Srujana Rayarala (TS) 6-2, 6-2; Sunskruti Damera (TS)/Lakshmi Vutukuru (AP) bt Divya Bharadwaj (GJ)/ Srchandrakala Tentu (TN) 6-1, 7-5; Vipasha Mehra (TN)/Hrudaya Shah (MH) bt Sudipta Senthil Kumar (MH)/Bhakti Parwani (GJ) 6-3, 7-6(3); Richa Chougule (MH)/Prerna Vichare (MH) bt Vaishnavi Adkar (MH)/ Rutuja Chaphalkar (MH) 6-3, 7-5.
Boys’ doubles (quarter-finals): Sushant Dabas (HR)/Divesh Gahlot (HR) bt Rajesh Kannan (TN)/Arnav Patange (KA) 2-6, 6-3, 10-8; Naresh Badgujar (CH)/Udit Gogoi (AS) bt S. Boopathy (TN)/Nishant Dabas (DL) 2-6, 6-2, 10-8; Uddayvir Singh (CH)/Dhruv Tangri (PB) bt Aryaan Bhatia (MH)/Aaryan Pandit (HR) 6-3, 6-1; Bhupinder Dahiya (HR)/Krishan Hooda (CH) bt Aditya Balsekar (MH)/Mohit Bondre (MH) 6-7(1), 6-3, 10-6.