Date:02/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/02/stories/2008120256381800.htm

Sport - Tennis

Korchevskyy beats Sai Kartik

GURGAON: Anton Korchevskyy of Ukraine ousted the sixth-seeded N. Sai Kartik 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the boys first round of ITF grade ‘IV’ junior tennis tournament at the NTA Complex here on Monday.

In another lively match, Shahbaaz Khan knocked out the fifth-seeded S.V. Abhishek 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.

The results (first round):

Boys: Chandril Sood bt Maninder Singh 7-5, 6-2; Mohit Mayur bt Vinod Gowda 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Srikar Alla bt Sai Teja Paladugu 6-3, 7-5; Eran Hecht (Isr) bt Novy Singh Jogi 6-1, 6-3; Appanervandi Muddappa bt Daniel Skripnik (Isr) 6-3, 6-2; Vishvesh Sinha bt Kunal Anand 6-4, 6-0; Digvijay Singh Mehta bt Shikhar Gaddh 6-0, 6-4; Anton Korchevskyy (Ukr) bt N. Sai Kartik 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Shabhaz Khan bt S.V. Abhishek 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; Rohit Bisht bt Jaisal Kohli Mariwala 6-0, 6-1; Sumeet Shinde bt U.M. Gugan Verma 6-1, 7-6(1); Lakshit Sood bt Yashwant Nadella 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Sai Navdeep bt Faizan Khurram 6-1, 6-0; Dor Belfer (Isr) bt Mohammed Ashraf 6-3, 7-5; Rishabdev Raman bt Shikhar Kapur 6-2, 6-2; Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Ruslan Miroshnychenko (Ukr) 6-2, 6-2.

Girls: Rishika Sunkara bt Nova Patel 6-3, 6-3; Prerna Bhambri bt Tanya Kapoor 6-1, 6-1; Arantxa Andrady bt Saadagi Rajani 6-4, 6-1; Valentina Starkova (Kaz) bt Alysha Razvi 6-2, 6-0; Ankita Raina bt U.M. Shalaka 6-3, 6-4; Shweta Chandra Rana bt Yagya Chaturvedi 6-1, 6-0; Tarranum Handa bt Jaanesh Kaur 6-3, 6-3; Melis Sezer (Tur) bt Susita Das 6-0, 6-0.