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Despite being pitted against an opponent taller to him, Ishaque Eqbal seemed to enjoy the challenge as he displayed superb game to defeat Amit Bazad 8-3 to win his match in the boys' Under-16 final qualifying round and entered the main draw of the AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament played at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association and Lake Club Sports Complex, Sector5, on Sunday.
Ishaque, who hails from West Bengal, played his shots to perfection and never gave his opponent much space to make a comeback into the game. Meanwhile, Barun Gill overcame a stiff resistance from Samrat and won the thrilling match via tie-breaker by 8-7 (3). Seap Yip and Manav Malhotra were also engaged in a thrilling encounter but the former emerged victorious after holding his nerves to win the match by 8-7 (5).
In the girls' Under-16 singles second qualifying round, Harsimran outplayed Shristi Dhanda 4-2, 4-1 to surge ahead. Overcoming heat and exhaustion, Harsimran claimed both the sets and recorded an easy win. In an exciting match, Vaishnavi came back after losing the first set to win the next two sets in succession and recorded a memorable 4-5(8), 4-1, 5-3 win over Arshpreet. The match between Protiksha Sharma and Ayna Arora also stretched to three sets but Protiksha emerged winner by 5-4, 1-4, 4-0.
Meanwhile, Ankita Roa overcame Colvin Golmei in a marathon match to win his final qualifying round match in the boys' Under-12 category by 4-1, 4-5(5), 5-4(7). After easily winning the first set by 4-1, Ankita lost the second set 4-5 (5) in a tie-breaker. Bolstered by the win, a confident Colvin had Ankita on his toes but the latter defeated him in a tie-breaker. Sagar Bains also faced a stiff resistance from Mrityunjay Badola but managed to win the match by 4-0, 2-4, 5-4 (7).
Results: Boys: U-16: Singles: Final Qualifying rd: Atul Sri Patel bt Rahul Seth 8-1, Barun Gill bt Samrat 8-7(3), Jatinder bt Raghav Talwar 8-0, Ishaque Eqbal bt Amit Bazad 8-3, Aditya Sharma bt Dhruv Puniani 8-2, Faizal Khan bt Mayank 8-1, Sean Yip bt Manav Malhotra 8-7(5), Nihit Rawal bt Arush Goel 8-4; U-12: singles: final qualifying round: Ankita Roa bt Colvin Golmei 4-1, 4-5(5), 5-4(7); Kemp O' Brien bt Eshan Kaushal 4-1, 4-0; Utkasrh Bhardwaj bt Leonardo 4-0, 4-0; Gurdil bt Manik Dowar 4-1, 4-1; Paras Mittal bt Rohit Kumar 4-2, 4-2; Sidharth Meena bt Rishi Kherwal 4-1, 4-2; Sagar Bains bt Mrityunjay Badola 4-0, 2-4, 5-4(7); Ankrish Khanna bt Aditya Sharma 4-2, 5-3; Girls: U-16: Singles: 1st Qualifying Round: Gaytri bt Abhilasha Mudgil 8-5, Karishma w/o Purnima Jain, Harsimran bt Zeel Gandhi 8-0, Shreya Kalia bt Simran Dhindsa 8-2; 2nd Qualifying Round: Bhavya Wadhawan bt Manjeet Kaur 4-1, 4-2; Protiksha Sharma bt Ayna Arora 5-4, 1-4, 4-0; Medha Toor bt Krishna 4-1, 4-2; Rahat Mann bt Sonali Bansal 4-1, 4-0; Harsimran bt Shristi Dhanda 4-2, 4-1; Vaishnavi bt Arshpreet 4-5(8), 4-1, 5-3; Aboli bt Shriya 5-3, 4-0; K Gaytri bt Dimpy Khirwal 4-2, 4-2; Girls U-12: Singles: 1st Qualifying Round: Shristi Vasudeva bt Kirti Soni 5-3, 3-5, 4-2; Shea Bhasin bt Hiya 3-5, 4-1, 4-2; Hansika w/o Gursehaj; Gulmehar bt Sehajpreet 4-1, 4-1; Seerat Sandhu bt Alisha 4-0, 4-1.
Gurpreet, Manpreet win gold Patiala: Gurpreet Singh and Manpreet Kaur came up with stellar performances as both of them claimed gold medals in the men's +90 kg and junior girls under-56 kg categories, respectively, in the Patiala District Sub-Junior, Junior and Senior Wushu Championship at the NS National Institute of Sports in Patiala on Saturday. Sandeep Singh secured the first position in the under-45 kg junior boys section, while Parteek Maan captured silver medal. Meanwhile, Jiwan, Pardeep and Rohit Singh got gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the under-65 kg class.
Results: Sub-Junior Boys: -20 kg: Chirag, 2 Karanjot, 3 Aalam. -24 kg: 1 Rahil, 2 Arshdeep, 3 Emmanuel. -28 kg: 1 Arjun, 2 Sachin, 3 Saurav. -32 kg: 1 Monu Kumar, 2 Mandeep, 3 Krishna . -36 kg: 1 Sandeep Rawat, 2 Sandeep Bahadur, 3 Harsh. -40 kg: 1 Ajay, 2 Bahw, 3 Harash. -44 kg: 1 Naveen, 2 Harish, 3 Akashdeep. -48 kg: 1 Harinder, 2 Parvesh, 3 Harpreet; Junior Boys: -45 kg: 1 Sandeep Singh, 2 Parteek Maan. -48 kg: 1 Lovedeep Singh, 2 Ravi . -52 kg: 1 Arjun, 2 Harish, 3 Charanjit Singh. -56 kg: 1 Arjun, 2 Sarvesh Kumar. -60 kg: 1 Sandeep Singh, 2 Kamal Kishore. -65 kg: 1 Abhishek, 2 Narinder Singh. -75 kg: 1 Paras; Senior Men: -48 kg: 1 Chaman Kumar. -56 kg: 1 Ramesh Singh Rawat. -65 kg: 1 Jiwan, 2 Pardeep, 3 Rohit Singh. +90 kg: 1 Gurpreet, 2 Dhanu Batish; Junior Girls: 56 kg: 1 Manpreet Kaur. Sub-junior girls: -24 kg: 1 Kajal 2 Nuri.
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