
MUMBAI, May 11: Radhika Tulpule pullled off the only surprise in the first round of the All India Ranking Prize Money tournament at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana courts today when she defeated sixth seed Joy Rodrigues.
The country8217;s top ranked under-16 player put across an unexpectedly easy 6-2, 6-4 over the No 17 in the Rs 1,00,000 tournament already depleted with the withdrawal of Jahnavi Parekh and J Sai Jayalakshmy.
Top seed Uzma Khan had a first round bye and plays her second round match on Wednesday.
The other seeds had comfortable passage into the second round while only one match went into three sets.
Dhaita8217;s Sheetal Gautam, troubled by her left knee, went down to Karishma Patel Guj 6-4, 2-6, 3-6.
Results 1st round
Radhika Mandke Mah bt Nona Wagh Mah 6-2, 6-2; Karishma Patel Guj bt Sheetal Gautam Dhaita 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Sadiya Pathan Kar bt Anisha Shelar Mah 6-1, 6-3; Reetu Sethi Mah bt Shivani Bhatt Mah 6-0, 6-0; Sonia Shelar Mah bt Sonal Markar Mah 6-0, 6-0;Sonal Phadke Mah bt Rekha Natarajan Mah 6-2, 6-1; Nehal Chopra Mah bt Pratima Ruparel 6-0, 6-0; Radhika Tulpule Mah bt Joy Rodrigues 6-2, 6-4; Jahnavi Sunderajan Mah bt Kanisha Mehta 6-0, 6-1; Jitisha Selarka Mah bt Nehal Thadani 6-1, 6-2; Aparna Srinivasan Mah bt Nikhila Palat 6-1, 6-4; Jutika Choksi Mah bt Payal Kannamwar 6-2, 6-0.