Vansh Nandal sneaks into semifinals in AITA super series tennis

Top seed Vansh Nandal was pushed to his wit’s end by Vitin Rathee before he prevailed 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(6) in the under-14 boys quarterfinals of the AITA Super series junior tennis tournament organised by Chamunda Tennis Academy on Wednesday.

In the girls under-14 event, top seed Chandni Srinivasan cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Ana Varshney. Riya Sachdeva, Sanjana Devineni and Samiksha Dabas made it to the semifinals of both the under-14 and under-12 events.

The results (quarterfinals):

Boys:

Under-14: Vansh Nandal bt Vitin Rathee 6-2, 2-6, 7-6(6); Parag Jain bt Lakshya Gupta 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; Bhavya Singhmar bt Aryan Deshwal 6-2, 6-2; Aditya Chauhan bt Hemant Dixit 6-2, 6-3.

Under-12: Krish Ajay Tyagi bt Mayank Tewary 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Dhruv Ghanghas bt Hrisheek Vavilapally 6-3, 6-2; Akshat Dhull bt Rian Sharma 7-5, 6-4; Ekamjeet Singh Cheema bt Sehaj Sharma 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Girls:

Under-14: Chandni Srinivasan bt Ana Varshney 6-2, 6-0; Riya Sachdeva bt Suhani Gaur 6-1, 7-5; Sanjana Devineni bt Saijayani Banerjee 6-2, 7-5; Samiksha Dabas bt Dhvani Kavad 6-0, 6-4.

Under-12: Sohini Sanjay Mohanty bt Ana Varshney 6-3, 6-3; Sanjana Devineni bt Raja Sarvagnya Kilaru 6-2, 7-5; Riya Sachdeva bt Saijayani Banerjee 6-1, 6-2; Samiksha Dabas bt Shatakshi Chaudhary 6-1, 6-2.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)