Date:16/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/16/stories/2008121659891600.htm

Sport - Tennis

Nandita in main draw

BHIMAVARAM: Nandita Krishnan of Tamil Nadu defeated P.R. Raja Rajeswari of Andhra Pradesh 6-0, 6-1 in the women’s final qualifying round of the Sify all-India ranking tennis tournament here on Monday.

The results: Qualifying final round: Women: Chitralakshmi Jayaraman (TN) bt Nivetha Srinivasan (TN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Padmapriya Keshavan (Kar) bt Swetha Nalikala (AP) 6-0, 6-2; Nandita Krishnan (TN) bt P.R. Raja Rajeswari (AP) 6-0, 6-1; Shruti Jaiswal (Bih) bt Sharani Gaini (AP) 6-2, 6-3; Keerthana Anand (Del) bt Seema Kumari (Del) 6-2, 6-1; Cindana Manickavel (TN) bt Bhoomi Parmar (Guj) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Men: Ashwin Nambi (TN) bt Hazary (Pb) 7-5, 6-2; Nihal Kapoor (TN) bt Chetan Pandit (AP) 6-2, 6-2; Pulkit Mishra (Mah) bt S. Khanna 6-2, 6-1; Raahil Dhruva (Mah) bt Devipriya Jaiswal (Mah) 6-1, 6-0; Kiran Nandakumar (Kar) bt Vaddi Rammohan (AP) 6-1, 6-2; Irfan Hussain (TN) bt Elinin Antony 6-4, 6-2.