Date:16/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/16/stories/2008101654282000.htm

Sport - Tennis

Vishal advances

KOLKATA: Top seed Vishal Passi led the march of the fancied players in the Asian under-14 tennis series at the BTA complex here on Wednesday.

In the quarterfinals, Vishal beat the unseeded Nikhil Reddy in straight sets.

The results (quarterfinals): Boys: Vishal Passi bt Nikhil Reddy 6-2, 6-4; Shaikh Abdullah bt Siddhant Deka 7-6(5), 6-2; Mohammad Azhar bt Sumit Nagal 6-0, 7-5; Abhishek Alla bt Rajanvir Singh Dharni 6-2, 6-3.

Girls: Amrita Mukherjee bt Sansita Nandkumar 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; C. Sai Samitha bt Spurthi Shivalingaiah 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Simran Kaur Sethi bt Roma Chandiran 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Rimpledeep Kaur bt Sneha Reddy 6-1, 6-3. — Principal Correspondent