Date:03/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/03/stories/2008120356041600.htm

Sport - Tennis

Prerna shocks Rishika

GURGAON: Former National junior champion Prerna Bhambri unleashed her best to stun the top seed Rishika Sunkara 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the girls’ pre-quarterfinals of the ITF grade ’IV’ junior tennis tournament at the NTA Complex here on Tuesday.

Qualifier Tarranum Handa stretched the second-seeded Melis Sezer of Turkey to three sets in another interesting encounter.

In the boys’ section, the third-seeded A. Muddappa was shown the door by qualifier Vishvesh Sinha in the pre-quarterfinals. The fourth-seeded Lakshit Sood lost to Sumeet Shinde.

Other results:

Boys (pre-quarterfinals): Mohit Mayur bt Chandril Sood 6-3, 6-2; Srikar Alla bt Eran Hecht (Isr) 6-3, 7-5; Vishvesh Sinha bt A. Muddappa 7-6(2), 6-3; Anton Korchevskyy (Ukr) bt Digvijay Singh Mehta 6-3, 6-3; Shahbaaz Khan bt Rohit Bisht 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-3; Sumeet Shinde bt Lakshit Sood 6-4, 7-6(4); Naveen Sai bt Dor Belfer (Isr) 7-6(4), 7-6(1); Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Rishabdev Raman 6-3, 6-4.

Girls (pre-quarterfinals): Ankita Raina bt Prarthana Thombare 7-5, 6-1; Shweta Chandra Rana bt Vaidehi Bhagwat 6-1, 6-3; Melis Sezer (Tur) bt Tarranum Handa 1-6, 6-1, 6-2.