
Third seed Neha Uberoi from USA and No 5 Russia8217;s Nina Bratchikova were upset today in the on-going 25,000 NECC-ITF women8217;s tennis championship.
Neha was shown the door by unseeded Russian Alexendra Panova, 6-7 2-7, 5-7.
And to compound that loss, Neha in the company of Silvia Disderi Italy, the top seeds here, were knocked out by the Indonesian pair of Wynne Prakusya and Angelique Widjaja 1-6, 5-7. The sensational sixteen year old Uzbekistani qualifier Alexendra Kolesnichenko then ended Nina8217;s run 7-6 8-6, 6-3.
Also moving into the quarter finals were India8217;s veteran players Rushmi Chakravarthy and No 8 Isha Lakhani. Rushmi defeated Parija Maloo 6-2, 6-4 while Isha stopped Sonal Phadke 6-3, 6-1.
other RESULTS: Kyung-Yee Chae Kor b Parul Goswami 6-0, 7-6 7-4; Zhang Ling HKG b Katerina Polunina Ukr 6-3, 3-0 retd; 6-Silvia Disderi Itl b Julia Parasyuk Rus 6-3, 6-1; 2-Sandy Gumulya Ina b Sandhya Nagraj 6-2, 6-3.