CHANDIGARH : Fourth seed Atharva Sharma and second seed Neeraj Yashpaul moved into singles finals of the Rs 1 lakh Prize Money CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championship at the Sector Tennis Stadium here today.
Atharva played a solid match to beat Ramanand Mukil in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals. Atharva Sharma maintained his momentum throughout the match with his cool temperament. Atharva will play against second seed Neeraj Yashpaul in the final tomorrow.
In the second semifinals Neeraj Yashpaul ousted third seed Abhishek Gaur 6-3, 7-5 in straight sets.
Amandeep Rathee and Ajay Kundu lift the men’s doubles title as they walked over .second seeded pair of Sarthak Sudan (DL) / Ricky Chaudhary (CL).
Results
Results: Men’s singles (semifinals): Atharva Sharma MH [4] bt. Ramanan Mukil (TN) 6-3, 6-3, Neeraj Yashpaul (CH) [2] bt. Abhishek Gaur (HR) [3] 6-3, 7-5.
Men’s doubles (final): Amandeep Rathee (HR) / Ajay Kundu (HR) w/o Sarthak Sudan (DL) / Ricky Chaudhary (CL) [2].
Semifinals: Amandeep Rathee (HR) / Ajay Kundu (HR) bt. Dhananjay Singh (HP) / Neeaj Yashpaul (PB) 6-3, 6-2, Sarthak Sudan (DL) / Ricky Chaudhary (CL) [2] bt. Tanik Gupta (MP) / Ankush Mishra (PB) [3] 6-0, 6-3.