Arthi packs off Paavanii in women’s 1st round | Eqbal cruises past Hardeep Chandigarh, October 7 Top seed Arthi Muniyan humbled qualifier Paavanii Paathak to move into the women’s pre-quarterfinals in The Tribune State Tennis Championship at the CLTA Complex, Sector 10, here today. Arthi won 6-2 7-5. Second seed Sonashe Bhatnagar ousted Aditi Singh 6-3 6-0, while third seed Harshita Chugh nudged past Ankita Hoon 7-6(4) 6-2. Lagan Bidhan stunned fourth seed Himaanshika Singh 7-6 6-3 to seal a spot in the last-16. Kaavya Sawhney drubbed Anushka Sharma 6-1 6-1, while Shanu Agarwal dispatched Geetham Mishra 6-3 6-3 to move into the pre-quarterfinals. Konika Singh Dhull overcame Simran Pritam 6-1 1-6 7-6(5). Fifth seed Shilpi Das registered a 6-3 6-1 win over Aakriti Tripathi. Sixth seed Seerat Kaur Pannu packed off Anu Moar 6-4 6-4 in the opening round, while seventh seed Anaam Almas blanked Neha Ghare 6-0 6-0. Eighth seed Bunty Choungtham downed Radhika Vasudeva 6-3 6-1, while Amarjot Kaur prevailed 6- 6-0 over Akshita Sharma. Nehel Sahini beat Prakriti Banwani 7-6(5) 6-2. Eqbal in last-16 In the men’s competition, top seed Ishaque Eqbal edged past Hardeep Singh Sandhu in the opening round. Eqbal won 6-3 6-1. Second seed Rishi Reddy dismissed Uddayvir Singh 6-3 6-3, while Mohit Mayur registered a 6-1 6-2 win over Vilasier Khate. Rudra Kapoor upset fourth seed Lakshya Gupta 6-4 6-3 in the opening round. Chandigarh’s Calvin Golmei overcame Yuvraj Singh 6-1 4-6 6-2, while Himanshu Mor pipped Yashdeep Gahlot 7-6(3) 7-5. Yash Yadav rallied from a set down to stun Krishan Hooda in the first round of the main draw. Yadav lost the opening set 3-6, but came back strongly to win the next two sets 6-3 6-4 to progress to the pre-quarterfinals. Sixth seed Anurag Nenwani defeated Ajay Malik 6-3 6-1, while eighth seed Neeraj Yashpaul recorded a 7-5 6-3 win over Alex Solanki. Deepinder Singh Bains stayed in the contest with a 6-3 6-2 win over Udit Kamboj and Shubham Malhotra humbled Shivam Dalmia 6-4 6-3 in the opening round. Arnav advances In The Tribune CLTA-AITA Champion Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament, Chandigarh’s Arnav Bishnoi registered a 6-1 6-3 win over city-mate Parmarth Kaushik in the boys’ U-14 opening round. Third seed Damanpreet Singh survived Vishal Kumar 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4, while Darshan Dilbar Singh stunned fourth seed Akshat Dhull 6-4 6-4. Paras Lukram of Manipur dumped Punjab’s Viraj Singh Brar 6-2 6-0 to make it to the pre-quarterfinals. City lad Vaibhav Singh outplayed Haryana’s Gurnavraj Singh 6-2 6-1, while Shraey Vir of Haryana thumped Kirtarth Singh 6-0 6-0. Eighth seed Yash Jindal shunted out Punjab’s Rian Rattan Singh 6-2 6-2.

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