10-yr-old Sneha upsets faniced Isha in tennis tourney

Mumbai, May 2 (UNI) Ten-year-old Sneha Reddy of Maharashtra upset fancied 13-year-old Isha Teertha of Andhra Pradesh in straight sets in the All India National Series and Maharashtra State Ranking Tennis Tournament 2007 at Practennis, Andheri, here today.

Sneha, who earned a wild card, was the toast of the day when she beat Isha 6-4, 6-3 to storm into the girls' under-14 quarter-finals.

Sneha's effort sounded an early warning to the rest of the field, who are formidable 13-year-olds, as she remains a dark horse in the competition.

On a day that was easy for the seeds, boys' under-14 second seed Ronit Bisht of Delhi crushed unseeded Vishal Passi 6-1, 6-0, while girls' under-16 second seed Gopika Kapoor, also of Delhi, demolished Rajani Saadgi of Gujarat 6-3, 6-0.

Results: Nat. Series: Boys U-14 (Pre-quarter-finals): Ronit Bisht (Del) bt Vishal Passi (Mah) 6-1, 6-0; Rupam Gogoi (Asm) bt Anuj Chajjed (Mah) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2; Digvijay Singh (HP) bt R. Ramkumar (TN) 6-4, 6-1; Rohit Bisht (Del) bt Vinod Gowda (Kar) 6-2, 6-0.

Girls U-14 (2nd Rd): Sneha Reddy (Mah) bt Isha Teertha (AP) 6-4, 6-3; Shweta Rana (Del) bt Carol Augustina (Del) 7-5, 6-3; Nidhi C.H.

(AP) bt Tanamum Handa (Del) 6-2, 6-1; Samnaz Dasti (Mah) bt Bhavana Shresh (AP) 6-3, 6-1; Shreya Reddy (AP) bt Amreen Shaikh (UP) 6-3, 7-5; Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah) bt Sajana Kumar (TN) 6-1, 6-4.

Girls U-16 (2nd Rd): Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt Rajani Saadgi (Guj) 6-3, 6-0; Nimisha Mohan (Kar) bt Spurti Shivalingiah (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; C.

Rajeswari (TN) bt Aarti Detan (Mah) 6-4, 6-2.

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