Delphin upsets Manasi

KOZHIKODE, March 22: C Delphin of Tamil Nadu played a tactful game to upset fourth seed Manasi Dadarkar of Maharashtra in the opening round of the 14th National Sub-junior Girls Championship here at the V K Krishna Menon indoor stadium today.

Results 1st round: Koneru Humpy AP 1 bt P Priya 0, VT Sindhuja TN 0 lost to Tanya Sachdev Del 1, JE Kavitha TN 1 bt S Gayathri TN 0, C Delphin TN 1 bt Manasi Dadarkar Mah 0, CV Rajalakshmi TN 1 bt RA Mahima TN 0, M Kasturi TN 0 lost to Ananya Sarkar WB 1, Y Pratibha TN 1 bt Vinuthna AP 0, Manjula James TN 1 bt Chitra Sridhar Kar 0, Baisaki Das WB 0.5 drew T S Subhashini TN 0.5, B Vijaya Deepti AP 1 bt Sradha Samani Mah 0, K Charanya TN 1 bt N Sandhra Ker 0, Madhuri Patil Mah 1 bt Saheli Nath WB 0, Aswini Kulkarni Mah 1 bt Sanitha Satyan Ker 0, P Malaselvi TN 0.5 drew Monalisa Malakar WB 0.5, M Priyadarshini TN 1 bt Nadia Nona Ker 0, Eesha Karvade Mah 1 bt T Aravinda Lochani AP 0, Nazia Nona Ker 1bt Rucha Karvade Mah 0, Krishna M Gopalan AP 0 lost to Pannaga Magal Mah 1, Amruta Mokal Mah 1 bt Lakshmi Damodar Ker 0, Gayatri Balu Ker 0 lost to P Sumathi TN 1.