YMCA Total Tennis Championship 2008, Chandigarh

By Sandeep Juneja

Chandigarh, 6th December 2008: The very first title of the ongoing YMCA Total Tennis Championship, being played at Total Tennis Academy's YMCA sector 11 Chandigarh premises was Param Pun, second seed in boys under 10 age category. Param Pun of CLTA beats his practice partner and the top seed Sumit Pal Singh of J&K in three very well fought sets lasted for over two hours. Param played great overall tennis from from baseline and from net winning the first set with a break by 6-4, but in the second set Sumit back by winning the second set with an identical score at 6-4. At one set all both played great tennis till the score levels at 5-5 and a solitary break in the eleventh game giving Param Pun a vital advantage and he served hard and win the game, set, match and the title in his favour. The final score was read in the Param Pun's favour 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

The second title of the championship won by unseeded Ranjodh Singh, when he beats the third seed Sachin kumar of CLTA in the boys under 14 category in three very well fought sets, lasted for 90 minutes. In the very first set it was Ranjodh Singh all the way, as he conceded just one game in wiining the first set by 6-1. In the second set, Sachin came back hard wining the second set with a break by 6-4. Then, in the third and final set both held their serves till the score 4-4. Then a double fault and few unforced errors gave advantage to Ranjodh, as he served well, wrapping the match and the title in his favour by winning 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

The third title of the day went to top-seeded Nikita Bisnoi in the girls-under-12 age category by beating the second-seeded Nehmat Aulakh in straight sets in 35 minutes by 6-0 , 6-2.

In the Boys-under-12 age category top-seeded Sachin Kumar and unseeded Paramveer Bajwa of YPS Patiala made it to the finals stage by beating Param Pun and Utkarsh Khosla, respectively. Sachin Kumar beats Param Pun with ease conceding just two games by 4-1, 4-1. But Paramveer Bajwa had to fight before winning against Utkarsh Khosla in three sets in 80 minutes by 1-4, 5-3, 4-2.

In the Girls-under-10 age category, Prinkle Singh of J&K will face Shea Bhasin in the finals to be played tomorrow. Prinkle Singh beats Seerat Sidhu by 6-2 and Shea Bhasin beats Shreya Bali by 6-0.

According to Mr. Devinder Kapoor, Director Total Tennis, boys-under-12, under-16 and boys under-18 finals along with girls-under-10 and under-14 finals will be played tomorrow by 9:00 AM followed by the prize distribution ceremony.

Following are the Results
Boys-under-10 Category Finals
Param Pun beats Sumit Pal Singh 6-4, 4-6, 7-5

Boys under 12 SemiFinals
Sachin Kumar beats Param Pun 4-1, 4-1
Paramveer Bajwa beats Utkarsh Khosla 1-4, 5-3, 4-2

Boys-under-14 Category Finals
Ranjodh Singh beats Sachin Kumar 6-1, 4-6, 6-4

Boys-under-16 Category SemiFinals
Ravisher Singh beats Parminder Singh 6-0, 6-3
Aviraj Kamboj beats Andrew Pardeep 6-0, 6-3

Girls-under-10 Category SemiFinals
Prinkle Singh beats Seerat Sidhu 6-2
Shea Bhasin beats Shreya Bali 6-0

Girls-under-12 Category Finals
Nikita Bisnoi beats Nehmat Aulakh 6-0, 6-2

(Click Here for Previous Day's Results (Results December 5th, 2008)