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Journalism of Courage
If only Isha Lakhani could learn to combine aggression with accuracy, the 23-year-old may end up being a tough challenger in summit clashes.
But today, the No 8 seeded played a patchy game against No 2 Sandy Gumulya of Indonesia to lose 3-6, 5-7 in the $25,000 NECC-ITF women’s championships.
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.
