Three seeds toppled in AITA-Dellta Talent Series

Chandigarh, Apr 4 (UNI) Upsets were the order of the day and as many as three seeds tumbled in the boys Under-14 singles quarter-finals of the AITA-DELLTA Talent Tennis Series at the Harvest Tennis Academy near Ludhiana today.

Third seed Gagandeep Singh Gill caused the biggest upset as he toppled top seed Garry Amor Singh in straight sets 6-0, 6-2 in an all-Punjab quarter-final match. Sixth seed Naveen Shankar of Chandigarh shocked third seed Rishab Dev, also of Chandigarh by 6-2, 6-2. Seventh seed Zohair Raza of Pakistan showed fourth seed Paramveer Singh Toor of Chandigarh 6-1, 6-2.

Top seed Harnoor Maan of Chandigarh will meet Gundeep Bath of Punjab in the girls Under-14 singles final. Harnoor eliminated Parminder Kaur of Punjab 6-1, 6-0 whileGundeep Bath disposed of the challenge of Rimple Deep Kaur (Pb) 6-1, 6-3.

Boys Under-14 singles (Quarter-finals): Gagandeep Singh Gill (Punjab) bt Garry Amor Singh (Punjab) 6-0, 6-2, Naveen Shankar (Chd) bt Rishab Dev (Chd) 6-2, 6-2, Zohair Raza (Pakistan) bt Paramveer Singh Toor (Chd) 6-1, 6-2, Aayush Mintri (Pb) bt Devinder Singh (Chd) 6-1, 6-0.

PQF: Garry Amor Singh (Pb) bt Harmeet Singh (Chd) 6-0, 6-0, Gagandeep Singh (Pb) bt Harry Jjindal (Pb) 6-2, 7-5, Rishab Dev (Chd) bt Hardeep Singh (Pb) 6-1, 6-0, Naveen Shankar (Chd) w/o Aadil Kohari (Pakistan), Zohair Raza (Pakistan) bt Vaibhav Gupta (Chd) 7-5, 6-4, Paramveer Singh Toor (Chd) bt Pankaj Kumar (Chd) 6-3, 6-4, Devinder Singh (Chd) bt Ranjit Singh (Chd) 6-1, 6-0, Aayush Mintri (Pb) bt Jivetesh Singh Kang (Chd) 6-3, 6-1.

Girls Under-14 singles (semi-finals): Harnoor Maan (Chd) bt Parminder Kaur (Pb) 6-1, 6-0, Gundeep Bath (Pb) bt Rimple Deep Kaur (Pb) 6-1, 6-3.

QFs: Harnoor Maan (Chd) bt Jaspreet Kaur (Chd) 6-4, 6-0, Parminder Kaur (Pb) bt Sandeep Kaur (Pb) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, Rimple Deep Kaur (Pb) bt Amrit Kaur (Pb) 6-1, 6-2, Gundeep Bath (Pb) bt Surbhi Diwan 6-0, 6-2.

Boys Under-14 doubles (PQF): Manoj (Hawr)/ Ranjit Singh (Chd) bt Raj Karan (Pb)/Ankush (PB) 8-4, Gulshan Kumar (Pb)/Hardeep Sidhu (Pb) bt Jagdeep Singh (Pb)/Agiyadeep Singh (Pb) 8-2, Pankaj Kumar (Chd)/Paramveer Singh Toor (Chd) bt Hardeep Sandhu/Harpreet Singh (Pb) 8-1, Anupam Chhetri/Devinder Singh (Chd) bt Jaspinder Singh/Jajbir Singh (Pb) 8-2.

Boys Under-14 doubles (QF): Garry Amor Singh /Jivetesh Singh Kang (Pb) bt Manoj (Har) / Ranjit Singh (Chd) 9-3, Aayush Mintri/Gagandeep Singh Gill bt Gulshan Kumar /Hardeep Sidhu (Pb) 9-2.

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