Date:09/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/09/stories/2008120961221800.htm

Sport - Tennis

Metba moves up

GURGAON: K. Metba defeated Vanromawia 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the National under-12 tennis championship at the NTA Complex here on Monday.

Important results (first round): Under-12 boys: Shailender Boniface bt Sri Krishna 6-0, 6-2; B.R. Nikshep bt Vishu Prasad 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; K. Metba bt Vanromawia 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5; Nikhil Kannan bt Pranav Kumar 6-0, 6-1; Ishaque Eqbal bt Shaikh Osama 6-2, 6-3; Shubham Malhotra bt Waiga Arya 6-4, 6-2; Kushan Nath bt Raghav Jaisinghania 6-2, 6-2; Param Punj bt Dhir Gala 7-5, 6-1; Nazim Dawla bt Y. Anutej 6-1, 6-2; Karan Mehta bt Satbir Singh 6-1, 6-2; Nikhil Passi bt Pranav Malhotra 7-5, 6-2; Tama Kapadia bt Raghav Mehrotra 6-3, 7-5; Tejas Kapoor bt Abhijeet Singh 6-2, 6-2.

Sachin Kumar bt Aman Talwar 6-0, 6-0; Kapivilie Khate bt Sumit Pal Singh 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Becker Huidrom bt Rushan Lunkad 6-4, 6-1; Dheer Bhattianush bt Chinmay 6-1, 6-3; Prashant Choudhary b Rohil Hakim 6-3, 6-1; Mayank Yadav bt Prateek Alkesh 6-1, 6-2. — Special Correspondent