Krishan, Shashikant stay on course for main draw

CHANDIGARH: Top seed Krishan Hooda continued his good form, as he drubbed Sainyam Maddaan 9-2 to advance to the final qualifying round of the boys U-18 category in the ongoing St Stephen's School CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament, being played at the CLTA Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, here on Saturday.
Gaurav Kumar registered a 9-2 win over Natansh Mina, while Sammir Raini mastered Naresh Badgujar by a 9-2 margin.
Rajeshwar Reddy too moved into the final round, as he outplayed Rakshit Dhankar 9-5. Shashikan Rajput thumped Amish Bansal 9-2 to stay alive in the competition. Daksh Prasad drubbed Shubh Negi 9-4.
In the boys U-16 first round, Vinay Vij brushed aside Satvik Singla 9-8 to move into the final qualifying round. Aarush Sharma surprised Hardik Khanduja 9-3, while Chahalpreet Singh eased past Aditya Bhatnagar 9-1.
Akshat Sharma, meanwhile, thrashed Ishan Bhandari 9-1 to enter the final qualifying round of the tournament.
In the girls U-16 first qualifying round, Bhumika Gupta outclassed Ivleen 7-5,6-2 in straight sets. Jyotsana Yadav rallied past Rubani Kaur Sidhu 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 in a three-setter thriller to stay alive in the competition.
Radha Sadhra outplayed Ananya Dogra 6-4,6-3, while Bhumi Kakkar blanked Gamya Gupta 6-0,6-0.
Results
Boys-18 qualifying Rd 2: Krishan Hooda (HR) [1] bt Sainyam Madaan (CH) 9-2, Gaurav Kumar (CH) bt Natansh Mina (RJ) [12] 9-2, Sammr Raini (DL) [2] bt Naresh Badgujar (HR) 9-2, Rajeshwar Reddy Patlolla (TS) [13] bt Rakshit Dhankar (CH) 9-5, Shashikant Rajput (HR) [3] bt Amish Bansal (PB) 9-2, Daksh Prasad (MP) bt Shubh Negi (CH) 9-4, Vitin Rathee (HR) bt Yash Baghel (UP) 9-6, Dhananjay Singh (HP) bt Aditya Chauhan (CH) [16] 9-3, Sukhpreet Singh Jhoje (PB) bt Akash Srinivasan (CH) 9-6, Gurustat Singh Makkar (PB) bt Rijul Bhatia (HR) 9-1, Arjun Phogaat (DL) bt Kanishk Yadav (DL) 9-5, Uddayvir Das (AS) bt Pankaj Kumar (CH) [10] 9-7, Karan Shandilya (HR) [7] bt Shashank Singh (HR) 9-3, Aryan Arora (PB) [14] bt Abhay Dogra (HP) 9-4, Ajay Singh (HR) bt Sarthak Gulati (PB) [8] 9-2
Boys U-16 qualifying Rd 1: Vinayak Vij (PB) bt Satvik Singhla (CH) 9-8(5), Aarush Sharma (PB) bt Hardik Khanduja (PB) 9-3, Yash Solanky (CH) bt Damanpreet Singh (PB) 9-8(3), Chahalpreet Singh (PB) [4] bt. Aditya Bhatnagar (HR) 9-1, Rattan Kabir (PB) bt Madhav Aggarwal (CH) 9-8(5), Parag Jain (DL) [5] bt Aarya Vaibhav Nigam (CH) 9-0, Anirudh Sangra (CH) bt Shivam Wadhawan (CH) 9-1, Yashvardhan Gaur (CH) [6] bt Gurbaaz Singh Dhanoa (PB) 9-3, Arnav Malik (UP) bt Aryan Jolly (HR) 9-2, Tarun Korwar (TS) [9] bt Shrey Vir (HR) 9-3, Avish Verma (PB) bt Tarun Sharma (PB) 9-2, Akshat Sharma (PB) [8] bt Ishan Bhandari (CH) 9-1, Darshan Dilbar Singh (CH) bt Arnav Bishnoi (CH) 9-3
Girls U-16 qualifying Rd 1: Bhumika Gupta (PB) [4] bt Ivleen (CH) 7-5, 6-2, Jyotsana Yadav (CH) bt Rubani Kaur Sidhu (HR) 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3, Gurmanat Kaur Sandhu (PB) bt Anusha Verma (HR) 6-1, 6-4, Radha Sadhra (CH) bt Ananya Dogra (CH) 6-4, 6-3, Bhumi Kakkar (CH) bt Gamya Gupta (PB) 6-0, 6-0