Rasnum makes it to tennis semis : The Tribune India

Tribune press service

Chandigarh, February 1

Rasnum Kaur of Haryana defeated fourth seed Sharanya Subramanian of Tamil Nadu (6-4, 6-4) to advance to the U-18 Women’s Semi-Finals at the Roots-AITA CS7 National Ranking Championship in Classes.

Second seed Ira Chadha also took the lead beating Vaidehi Pundir (6-3 6-3), while Haryana’s Reet Arora ousted third seed Bhumi Kakkar (6-4, 7-5 ). Top seed Rubani Sidhu recorded an easy victory (6-3, 6-1) against Sidhak Kaur.

In the men’s U-16 quarter-finals, top seed Daksh Kapoor defeated Pragun Thakur (6-3, 6-2). Daksh Khokhar dominated Hardit Singh without conceding a single game (6-0, 6-0), while fifth seed Shorya Jishtu recorded a comeback (5-7, 6-3, 6-3) against Sachit Thakur .

Haryana’s top-seeded Arntya Ohlyan defeated Pragun Thakur (6-2, 6-0) in a U-18 men’s quarter-final match. Jishtu beat Aryan Jolly (6-7(3), 6-4, 6-2), while Fatehyab Singh beat Trishubh Kumar (6-4, 5-7, 6-4). Daksh Kapoor also took the lead by beating Yash Preet (6-2, 6-1).

In the U-16 women’s quarter-finals, Rubani Sidhu defeated Rasnum Kaur (6-1, 6-2) and third seed Ira ousted Ditti Prajapat (6-3, 4-6, 6-4). Reet defeated Ekam Kaur of Punjab (6-4, 6-1) and second seed Sidhak Kaur of Punjab edged Jasmine Kaur of Haryana (6-3, 6-2).