Qualifier Harsimran stuns Sheetal

CHENNAI, Aug 11: Qualifier Harsimran Kaur of Chandigarh and unseeded P Chaturvedi of Delhi authored major upsets in the girls8217; and boy8217;s singles repsectively on their way to the pre-quarterfinals in the IOB-MCC National junior hard court tennis championship here today.

While Kaur lowered the colours of second seeded Sheetal Gautam of Karnataka 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 in the girls8217; singles first round, Chaturvedi overcame a first set loss in the tie-breaker to oust fourth seeded Kedar Tembe of Maharashtra before winning 6-7 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in a marathon encounter.

RESULTS

First Round
Girls8217; singles winners enter pre-quarterfinals: Uzma Khan AP bt Shareen Yusuf Kar 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Liza Perrira Mah bt T Sricharanya TN 6-2, 6-2; B Nischella AP bt Janvi Sundarrajan Mah 6-4, 6-2; Sandya Kanuri TN bt Anisha Shellar Mah 6-4, 6-3; SK Tara Kar bt Sonal Phadke Mah 6-3, 6-4; Sonia Shellar Mah bt Sai Rajalakshmi TN 6-4, 6-0; Radhika Tulpule Mah bt Saiswapna TN 6-0, 6-0; Radhika MandeMah bt Preeti Rao TN 6-3, 6-1; Pooja Deshmukh MP bt Nandita Chandrasekar TN 6-3, 6-3; Harsimran Kaur Chd bt Gautam Sheetal Kar 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.