Date:29/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/29/stories/2008102956261800.htm

Sport - Tennis

Gundeep Kaur prevails over Samia Rizvi

Special Correspondent

LUDHIANA: Gundeep Kaur of Punjab prevailed 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5 over Samia Rizvi of Uttar Pradesh in the under-18 girls pre-quarterfinals of the AITA Championship series tennis tournament at the Harvest Tennis Academy, Jassowal, on Tuesday.

The results:

Boys: Under-18 (pre-quarterfinals): K. Pradeep Reddy bt Yuvraj Kumar 6-4, 6-1; Vishvesh Sinha bt Garry Singh Amor 6-2, 6-2.

Navneet Kumar bt Harry Singh Amor 6-1, 6-0; Kunal Anand bt Sunny Dahiya 6-3, 6-2; Armaan Choudhary bt Arpi Sharma 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Saurabh Dilip Patil bt A. Nikhil Prasad 6-4, 6-0.

Akshat Joshi bt Prashanta Priyadarshi 6-2, 6-4; Mandeep Singh Gill bt Ankit Chopra 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-5.

Under-16 (pre-quarterfinals): K. Pradeep Reddy bt Yuvraj Kumar 6-4, 6-4; Prashanta Priyadarshi bt Bavneet Singh 6-4, 6-3.

Saurabh Dilip Patil bt Rishab Dev 7-6(1), 6-1; Manish Kumar b Gurvinder Mann 6-4, 7-5; Pankaj Kumar bt A. Nikhil Prasad 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.

Resham Singh bt Om Dalvi 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; Tushal Thawani bt Hardarshan Singh Gill 6-2, 6-2; Garry Singh Amor bt Jaspinder Singh 6-1, 6-2.

Girls: Under-18 (pre-quarterfinals): Rimpledeep Kaur bt Smriti Joon 6-4, 6-2; Rajbir Kaur bt Bhavika Wadhawan 7-5, 6-3; Mehak bt Shivani Dabas 6-0, 6-1.

Jaspreet Kaur bt Harkirat Kaur Bains 6-3, 6-1; Gundeep Kaur bt Samia Rizvi 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5; Ravnoor Kaur bt Shubh Gulati 6-0, 6-2.

Harnoor Kaur Mann bt Nikita 6-2, 7-5; Jaanesh Kaur bt Sowmya Pulumati 7-5, 6-3.

Under-16 (quarterfinals): Smriti Joon bt Jaspreet Kaur 6-1, 6-3; Ravnoor Kaur bt Shivani Dabas 6-1, 6-1.

Rimpledeep Kaur bt Soumya Pulumati 6-2, 6-2; Harnoor Kaur Mann bt Nikita 6-0, 6-0.