Date:16/11/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/11/16/stories/2008111657551600.htm

Sport - Tennis

Treta, Shalini stay in race

KOLKATA: Treta Bhattacharyya and Shalini Shaoo remained the only Indians in the fray after the first round of qualifiers of the $50,000 Women’s Challenger at the here on Saturday.

Treta and Shalini, who together won the National women’s doubles crown last month, beat compatriots Prerna-Mythri Appineni and Dipti Srivastava respectively.

All the other Indian players lost first round matches to foreign opponents.

Important results (qualifying first round, Indians unless stated): Treta Bhattacharyya bt Prerana-Mythri Appinei 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(3); Jade Windley (GBr) bt Parul Goswami 6-2, 7-5; Shalini Sahoo bt Dipti Srivastava 6-1, 6-0; Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) bt Parija Maloo 6-2, 6-1; Natasha Khan (GBr) bt Mokshada Jain 6-0, 6-1; Patrycja Sanduska (Pol) bt Radhika Jadhav 6-0,6-2; Silvia Disderi (Ita) bt Abhilasha Ahuja 6-0, 6-0; Sheng-Nan Sun (Chn) bt Iulia Kiriienko (Ukr) 6-3, 6-4. — Principal Correspondent