Bajwa in fray for twin titles

Punjab lad Paramveer Singh Bajwa played some sizzling tennis and entered the semi-finals of both the boy's Under-14 and -16 categories in the on-going CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament,at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10.

Punjab lad Paramveer Singh Bajwa played some sizzling tennis and entered the semi-finals of both the boy’s Under-14 and -16 categories in the on-going CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament,at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10.

He started off brilliantly in the boy’s Under-14 quarter-finals match against Sumit Pal Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. Braving the sultry conditions,Bajwa hit some powerful forhands from the baseline and annexed the first set 6-3. He was even more clinical in the second set,superbly placing the ball on the line to keep Sumit on his toes. He wrapped up the match in style and claimed the second set 6-4. In the Under-16 quarterfinal match,Bajwa who was placed against Dalwinder Singh,also of Punjab,continued with his winning form. In the first set,he eased past Dalwinder 6-3 while he made short work of his opponent in the second by winning the set 6-2,to santer into the last four.Meanwhile,in boy’s Under-14,Ishaque Eqbal of West Bengal and Rian Pandole of Maharashtra played the most nail-biting and thrilling match of the day that was extended to three sets.

Like a true champion,Eqbal kept his nerves and won the first set 7-6 (9) in an exciting tie-breaker. However,the pendulum swung in Rian’s favour and he grabbed the next set 6-4. Eqbal’s dreams of staging a comeback were shattered to pieces when he lost the final set 2-6.

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Similarly,in the girl’s section,Bhavya Wadhawan of Chandigarh won her Under-16 match against Kanishka Chawla of Maharashtra 6-1,6-1,in a lop-sided encounter. Nikita Bishnoi,also from Chandigarh,went down fighting to Canshika Sawhney of Delhi 3-6,2-6. In the girl’s Under-14 section,Vanshika Sawhney maintained her winning run by beating Snehal Umesh Mane of Maharashtra 6-2,6-2,to march into the semis. She was joined by Shruta Kirti Gunuganti of Andhra Pradesh,Mihika Yadav of Maharashtra and Karman Kaur of Delhi in the semi-finals.

Results:

Boys: U-14: singles: Udayan Bhakar (RJ) bt Mingki Talom (NTA) 6-1,6-3 ; Faisal Qamar (RJ) bt Sanil Jagtiani (WB) 6-1,6-3; Paramveer Singh Bajwa (PB) bt Sumit Pal Singh (J&K) 6-3,6-4; Rian Pandole (MH) bt Ishaque Eqbal (WB) 6-7(9),6-4,6-2;

U-16: singles: Paramveer Singh Bajwa (PB) bt Dalwinder Singh (PB) 6-3,6-2; Udayan Bhakar (RJ) bt Vasisht Cheruku (KA) 6-2,7-5; Allen Johnson Kundan (KA) bt Ankush Arora (PB) 6-4,6-2; Shrey Gupta (HR) bt Dhruv Pal (UK) 6-3 Concede;

Girls: U-14: Vanshika Sawhney (DL) bt Snehal Umesh Mane (MH) 6-2,6-1; Shruta Kirti Gunuganti (AP) bt Nandini Sharma (CH) 6-4,6-1; Mihika Yadav (MH) bt Zeel Desai (GJ) 4-6,7-6(5),6-2; Karman Kaur (DL) bt Aastha Dargude (MH) 6-0,2-6,6-0; U-16: singles: Vanshika Sawhney (DL) bt Nikita Bishnoi (CH) 6-3,6-2; Zeel Desai (GJ) bt Kavita Mishra (MH) 6-3,6-4; Bhavya Wadhawan (CH) bt Kanishka Chawla (MH) 6-1,6-1; Karman Kaur (DL) bt Mihika Yadav (MH) 6-1,6-4.

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