Top seed Navya Verma defeated Chandigarh’s third seed Lakshya Gupta 9-2 in the first semifinal of the boys’ U-18 category in the ongoing CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament. In the second semifinal, Aditya Chauhan faced a tough resistance before defeating fourth seed Haryana’s Upnishad Bhardwaj 9-8(5). Earlier in the boys’ quarterfinals, Verma defeated Arnav Bishnoi 9-4, Gupta blanked Suryansh Nagar 9-4, Bhardwaj outplayed Yashashvi Balhara 9-5 and Chauhan registered a 9-4 win over Sankalp Satyan Nair. In the girls’ U-18 semis, top seed Riya Kaushik defeated 8th seed Khushleen Kaur 9-1 and 2nd seed Rahika Vasudeva outplayed 3rd seed Vanya Arora 9-3. In quarterfinals, Riya logged an easy 9-4 win over Anahat Pannu, Khushleen defeated Anusha Verma 9-5, Vanya ousted Milli Pandit 9-1 and Rahika Vasudeva defeated Gursimrat Kaur 9-2.
Results (semis)
Boy’s under-18
1. Navya Verma (PB) [1] bt. Lakshya Gupta (CH) [3] 9-2
2. Aditya Chauhan (HR) [2] bt. Upnishad Bhardwaj (HR) [4] 9-8(5)
Girl’s under-18
1. Riya Kaushik (CH) [1] bt. Khushleen Kaur (CH) [8] 9-1
2. Rahika Vasudeva (CH) [2] bt. Vanya Arora (HR) [3] 9-3
Singles Quarterfinals results:
Boy’s under-18
1. Navya Verma (PB) [1] bt. Arnav Bishnoi (CH) 9-4
2. Lakshya Gupta (CH) [3] bt. Suryansh Nagar (MH) [5] 9-4
3. Upnishad Bhardwaj (HR) [4] bt. Yashashvi Balhara (CH) [7] 9-5
4. Aditya Chauhan (HR) [2] bt. Sankalp Satyan Nair (HR) 9-4
Girl’s under-18
1. Riya Kaushik (CH) [1] bt. Anahat Pannu (PB) 9-4
2. Khushleen Kaur (CH) [8] bt. Anusha Verma (HR) [4] 9-5
3. Vanya Arora (HR) [3] bt. Milli Pandit (CH) 9-1
4. Rahika Vasudeva (CH) [2] bt. Gursimrat Kaur (PB) [5] 9-2
