Mumbai: The Haryana brigade of ranked players marched into the semifinals of the CCI 13th Ramesh Desai Memorial All India Nationals under-16 tennis tournament, organised by the Cricket Club of India, in their own backyard. At the CCI tennis courts here on Thursday, second seed Chirag Duhan, fifth seed Krishna Hooda and ninth seed Karan Singh booked their respective places in the last four of the championship making it three out of four. Chirag who is ranked fifth on the AITA ranking list dropped just three games before cantering past the state’s Anargha Ganguly 6-2, 6-1. Krishna tamed his statemate Ajay Singh with a 6-2, 6-0 win to set up a clash with Chirag for a place in the final. Karan, just gave away just one point before pulling out a convincing 6-0, 6-1 win over Madhya Pradesh’s Ayushmaan Arjeria.
Fourth seed Dhruv Tangri of Punjab ensured a northern domination as he strolled past Maharashtra’s Saheb Sodhi, winning at 6-3, 6-1 to complete the semifinal line up. Top seed, Sanjana Sirimalla led the girls singles contest staved off a spirited challenge from Gujarat’s Divya Bhardwaj before pulling off 6-4, 7-5 in a well-contested last eight match. Haryana girls, seventh seed Renne Singla and eighth seed Pari Singh joined Sanjana in the penultimate round. Renne Singla waltzed to a 6-0, 6-2 win against Gujarat’s Vidhi Jani, while Pari outclassed Karnataka’s Reshma Maruri 6-1, 6-2 in quarter-final encounters. Karnataka’s Naisha Srivastav continued with her brilliant winning run as eased past Maharashtra’s Bhumika Tripathi scripting a 6-3, 6-1 win.
Results
Girls (Qfs): 1-S Sirimalla (TS) bt D Bhardwaj (GJ) 6-4, 7-5; 8-P Singh (HR) bt R Maruri (KA) 6-1, 6-2; 7-R Singla (HR) bt Vidhi Jani (GJ) 6-0, 6-2; Naisha Srivastav (KA) bt Bhumika Tripathi (MH) 6-3, 6-1. Doubles (Sfs): Rutuja Chaphalkar(MH) / H Shah (MH) bt SR Bhoyar (MH) / I Jadhav (MH) 6-3, 6-0; R Singla (HR) / V Adkar (MH) bt Laxmi Arunkumar (TN)/ K Vijay (TN) 6-0, 6-3.
Boys: (Qfs): 9-K Singh (HR) bt A Arjeria (MP) 6-0, 6-1; 4-D Tangri (PB) bt S Sodhi (MH) 6-3, 6-1; 5-K Hooda (HR) bt A Singh (HR) 6-2, 6-0; 2-C Duhan (HR) bt A Ganguly (MH) 6-2, 6-1. Doubles (Sfs): N Niranjan (KA) / D Yadav (MP) bt D Munim (MP) / A Gohad (MH) 6-4, 7-6(1); A Singh (HR) / K Hooda (HR) bt S Chawla (HR) / A Deb (AS) 6-2, 6-1.
