Dhruv Sunish upset 2nd seed in 1st Round

Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association
ITF Juniors Circuit Tennis Tournament
from January 2 to 7, 2017

Dhruv Sunish upset 2^nd seed in 1^st Round

CLTA, Chandigarh, January 02, 2017              – In boys singles 1st round match Dhruv Sunish from India upset 2^nd seed Yu Hua-Chen of Chinese Teipei in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. 7^th seed Arthur Craig Pantino of Philippines defeated Calvin Golmei of India in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. In another match Abhimanyu Vannemreddy defeated qualifier Sumit Pal Singh in a marathon match. Vennemreddy won 1^st set 6-4. In the 2^nd set Sumitpal fought back and took the 2^nd set 6-4. In the final set Vennemreddy won 7-6(5). 8^th seed Tonkla Mulada, 6^th seed Parikshit Somani, 5^th seed Dostanbek Tashulatov, qualifier Alex Solanki and Freddie Grant also moved into 2^nd round.

In the girls singles 1^st round Rhea Verma upset 2^nd seed Mihika Yadav in a three setter match 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Another Indian player Vaidehi Chaudhary also upset 8^th seed Yasmina Karimjanova of Uzbekistan in straight sets 6-1, 7-6(3). Sabhyata Nihalani of India also defeated Nugroho P of Indonesia in straight sets 6-4, 7-6(5). Other players who moved into 2^nd round are Tanisha Kashyap, 6^th seed Akanksha Bhan, Heath Gamma, 5^th seed Kuan Yi Lee and Shivani Amineni.

In boys doubles CLTA players Calvin Golmei and Rishabh Sharda moved into quarter finals. In pre quarters Calvin and Rishabh upset 3^rd seed Mulada Tonkla / Naow Hazem in a three setter (match tie break) 6-4, 2-6, 10-6.

Matches of boys and girls will be played tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. onwards at CLTA Tennis Stadium.

Results are as below:-

Boys Singles 1^st Round

1. Abhimanyu Vannemreddy bt. Sumitpal Singh 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5)
2. [8]Tonkla Mulada bt. Mritunjay Badola 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
3. [7]Arthur Craig Pantino bt. Calvin Golmei 6-3, 6-3
4. [6]Parikshit Somani bt. Srivatsa Ratakonda 6-3, 6-3
5. [5] Dostanbek Tashbulatov bt. Theertha Shashank Macherla 6-2, 6-2
6. Alex Solanki bt. Megh Bhargav Patel 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(2)
7. Freddie Grant bt. Tarush Bagai 6-1, 6-2
8. Dhruv Sunish bt. [2] Yu Han Chen 6-3, 6-3

Girls Singles 1^st Round

1. Sabhayata Nihalani bt. Priska Nugroho 6-4, 7-6(5)
2. Vaidehi Chaudhary bt. [8] Yasmina Karimjanova 6-1, 7-6(3)
3. Tanisha Kashyap bt. Aaliya Ebrahim 6-2, 6-1
4. [6] Akanksha Bhan bt. Eunji Oh 6-1, 6-3
5. Gemma Heath bt. Srishti Dhir 6-0, 6-0
6. [5]Kuan Yi Lee bt. Muskan Gupta 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
7. Shivani Amineni bt. Princy Panchal 6-1, 6-4
8. Rhea Verma bt. [2] Mihika Yadav 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Boys Doubles 1^st Round

1. Freddie Grant/Roko Savin bt. Naresh Badgujar/Bhupender Dahiya 6-1, 6-1
2. Vasisht Cheruku / Jack Draper bt. Srivatsa Ratakonda /Atharva Sharma 6-2, 6-1
3. Calvin Golmei/Rishabh Sharda bt. [3] Mulada Tonkla / Naow Hazem 6-4, 2-6, 10-6
4. Bollipalli Ritik/Machera T bt. Nabiev Olimjon / Sachit Sharma 6-3, 6-2

Girls Doubles 1^st Round

1. [3]Karim Janova / Mareen Axana bt. Priyanka Jakhar/Simran Pritam 6-0, 6-0
2. Adehhina Esther / Heath Gamma bt. Shaik Humera/Prinkle Singh 6-4, 4-6, 11-9
3. Ebrhim Aaliya / Patel Aesha bt. Yubrani Benerjee / Shivani Swarup 6-4, 6-2
4. Shivani Amineni / Vaidehi Chaudhary bt. Dadasaheb Choughule / Srishti Dhir 6-0, 6-2