Sandy wins ITF title

At the Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts, the Indonesian-lass — not in the best of health today — played consistently to walk off with her maiden $25,000 crown.

Ranked No 265 in the world, she unsettled Isha in the first set with her sheer speed. Isha began the second set with a loss of serve. She, however, began to read Sandy’s game then and a return break in the second brought the game on level terms, which was nullified in the 11th game to give the Indonesian a 6-5 advantage.

A visibly unfit Sandy was pushed to her limit and had to survive a long 12th game on serve. But Isha failed to take advantage and it was Sandy who had the last laugh.

And then Isha came across as a bad loser when she complained about bad line calls. “The umpire did not overrule any one of them,” she said after the match.