By Sandeep Juneja
Chandigarh, 5th December 2008: Chandigarh December
5, 2008: - The Fourth day of the ongoing YMCA Total Tennis Championship,
which is
being played at Total Tennis Academy ’s YMCA Sector 11 Chandigarh premises, saw three finalists today.
First finalist of the day was Sachin Kumar whose opponent gave him walkover in the semifinal because of an injury and in the other semifinal Ranjodh Singh got the same gift when his opponent second seed Nishat Eqbal of West Bengal conceded the match when down 1-3. Now Ranjodh will face Sachin Kumar Ranjodh Singh in the finals to be played tomorrow at 9:00 AM.
Other finalists decided are in the boys under 10 section. Both the top two seeded players proved their seeding right by reaching into the finals stage. In the first semifinals, it was a smooth sailing for the top-seeded Sumit Pal Singh of J&K;
as he thrashed his opponent Sameer Vats in straight sets without much difficulty
by conceding just two games in 45 minutes. The score was read in the favour of
the top-seeded Sumit 4-0, 4-2. But, it was very tough for the second-seeded Param
Pun of CLTA, as he had to save seven match points against the fourth-seeded Paramveer
Bajwa of YPS Patiala. In the first set, it was Param Pun who played excellent
tennis winning the first set by 4-1, but in the second set Paramveer came back
strongly leveling the match at one set all by winning the second with an identical
score at 4-1. Then in the third and the final set, Paramveer showed his class
from baseline. At one time, Paramveer was leading 3-1 and had three match points
before conceding errors and gifted the match in the favour of Param Pun. The
final score was read in the favour of Param Pun 4-1, 1-4, 5-3.
In the Boys-under-18 Category, Amardeep Singh and Aviraj Kamboj will face each other in the finals by beating Sunil Kaushik and Saurav, respectively. Amardeep had to fight for over two hours in beating his practice partner Sunil Kaushik in three very well fought sets. Amardeep beats Sunil 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Aviraj Kamboj beats Saurav in straight sets with ease at 6-1, 6-2 in 40 minutes.
In the Boys-under-16 Category, Parminder Singh, Ravisher Singh, Andrew Pradeep and Aviral Kamboj reached to the semifinals stage by beating their respective opponents with ease. Parminder Singh beats Ameer Singh 8-2, Ravisher Singh beats Arshbul and Aulakh 8-6, Andrew Pardeep beats Nishat Eqbal by 8-6 and Aviraj Kamboj blanked Shubham Vij by 8-0.
In the Boys-under-12 age category Sachin Kumar, Param Pun, Utkarsh Khosla and Paramveer Bajwa reached to the semifinals beating Sahil Rawat, Divyansh Pandey, Sumit Pal Singh and Vishu, respectively.
Following are the Results
Boys under 10 Quarterfinals
Sumit Pal Singh beats Viksit Verma 8-1
Sameer Vats beats Adish Bansal 8-1
Paramveer Bajwa beats Dishant Verma 8-0
Param Pun beats Ankrish 8-4
Boys under 10 SemiFinals
Sumit Pal Singh beats Sameer Vats 4-0, 4-2
Param Pun beats Paramveer Bajwa 4-1, 1-4, 5-3
Boys under 12 QuarterFinals
Sachin Kumar beats Sahil Rawat 8-1
Param Pun beats Divyansh Pandey 8-4
Utkarsh Khosla beats Sumit Pal Singh 8-4
Paramveer Bajwa w/o Vishu
Boys under 14 SemiFinals
Sachin Kumar w/o Ranjit Singh
Ranjodh Singh beats Nishat Eqbal 3-1(conc)
Boys under 16 QuarterFinals
Parminder Singh beats Ameer Singh 8-2
Ravisher Singh beats Arshbuland Aulakh 8-6
Andrew Pardeep beats Nishat Eqbal 8-6
Aviraj Kamboj beats Shubham Vij 8-0
Boys under 18 SemiFinals
Amardeep Singh beats Sunil Kaushik 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
Aviraj Kamboj beats Saurav 6-1, 6-2
Girls under 10 QuarterFinals
Prinkle Singh beats Ishdeep Singh 6-2
Seerat Sidhu beats Vaidehi Bagrodia 6-0
Shea Bhasin beats Kriti 6-5(3)
Shreya Bali beats Anchal Mittal 6-1
Girls under 12 SemiFinals
Nikita Bisnoi beats Shreya Bali 6-0
Nehmat Aulakh beats Prinkle Singh 6-0
Girls under 14 SemiFinals
Madhushahi beats Nehmat Aulakh 6-3
Samridhi Lodha beats Nikita Bisnoi 6-4
For
YMCA Total Tennis Results
of December 6th, 2008
For
YMCA Total Tennis Results
of December 7th, 2008 Finals Results
