North boys dominate to enter semis
Second seeded Chirag Duhan led the charge of players from the north into the boys' singles semi finals at the 13th Ramesh Desai Memorial CCI Under 16 Tennis Nationals here on Thursday.
Duhan outplayed local boy Anargha Ganguly in straight sets in a one-sided boys' quarter final match at the Cricket Club of India.
He won or 6-2 6-1.
Joining him in the last four stage were number 4 seed Dhru Tangri of Punjab, fifth-seeded Krishna Hooda of Chandigarh and ninth-seeded Karan Singh of Haryana.
Top-seeded Sanjana Sirimalla of Telengana took her appointed place in the semi finals of the girls' singles.
Also through were unseeded Naisha Srivastav of Karnataka, along with Haryana's Renne Singla and Pari Singh, seeded seven and eight respectively.
The results: U16 boys singles (Quarter finals): 2- Chirag Duhan (Har) bt Anargha Ganguly (Mah) 6-2, 6-1; 4- Dhru Tangri (PB) bt Saheb Sodhi (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; 5-Krishna Hooda (Chd) bt Ajay Singh (Ch) 6-2, 6-0; 9-Karan Singh (Har) bt Ayushman