Sultan, Ranjeet, Eklavya move into Final Round
November 26, 2016V M Ranjeet, Ranjeet, Dalwinder reach 2nd round
November 28, 2016National Grass Court Tennis Championships-
Men & Women (Rs.5 Lakhs prize money)
Tennis Tournament, November-2016
from 28th November to 3rd December-2016
Ranjeet, Eklavya qualify for Main Draw
CLTA, Chandigarh, November 27, 2016 In the men’s singles final qualifying round Ranjeet Singh of CLTA defeated Kunwar Gupta in a three setter match. Ranjeet lost 1st set 5-7. In the 2nd set Ranjeet was leading 5-1 after that Kunwar came back strongly and made it 5-5. After 5-5 Ranjeet used his experience to close the 2nd set 7-5. In the final set Ranjeet came back to his top form and dominated from the beginning of the 3rd set. Finally Ranjeet took the set and match 6-3.
In another match Eklavya Singh defeated Abhinav Mahajan in straight sets 6-2, 6-2. Top seed Jatin Dahiya defeated Mandeep Kumar in an easy match 6-2, 6-1. Other players who qualified for main draw are Shahbaaz Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Archit Jain, Mohit Bhardwaj and Pruthvi Ajay.
Main draw matches will be played from 10:30 a.m. onwards at Chandigarh Club.
Results are as below:-
Men’s Qualifying Final Round
- Jatin Dahiya bt. Mandeep Kumar 6-2, 6-1
- Shahbaaz Khan bt. Nihit Rawal 6-1, 6-3
- Yuvraj Singh bt. Vimal Raj 6-4, 7-5
- Archit Jain bt. Yugank Bhardwaj 7-6(4), 6-4
- Mohit Bhardwaj bt. Pradeep Deswal 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4)
- Eklavya Singh bt. Abhinav Mahajan 6-2, 6-2
- Ranjeet Singh bt. Koonwar Gupta 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
- Pruthvi Ajay bt. Sultan Singh Atwal 6-3, 6-3
