MUMBAI, JUNE 3: Unseeded Rekha Natarajan stunned seventh seed Kalpita Raje 8-4 in the girls under-16 category to enter the quarter-finals of the Videocon Open Junior State Ranking Tournament conducted by Garden Tennis Academy at the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre, Azad Maidan today.Rekha, who trains under the Garden Tennis Academy coach Mayur Vasant, was quite effective with her backhand returns. Kalpita was defenceless against Rekha's forceful shots. The winner, who is playing after a year's hiatus owing to academics, said,``I just played my game. As I got hold of the match, everything went right for me.''
Results
Boys Under-14: Rohan Gajjar bt Saurabh Kohli 6-2, 6-3; Amit Karunakaran bt Krishne Tanna 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Sujai Mahadevan bt Nitin Puri 6-1, 6-2; Ankit Doshi bt Rishi Behl 6-2, 6-3; U-10: Arnav jain bt Akash Gujarati 9-4; Marlon Coehlo bt Tejasvi Rao; Kaushal Mahale bt Shantanu Sahay 9-4; Bhavik Selara bt Rishi Behl 6-2, 6-3
Girls U-16: Sonal Phadke bt Riddhima Raina 8-1; LataAsudani bt Dionne Appuhamyge 8-0; Megha Vakharia bt Anisha Shellar 8-4; Isha Lakhani bt Sonya Gomes 8-0; Johann Fernandes bt Rajlakashmi Purkayastha 8-1; Jitisha Selarka bt D Uttara Rao 8-3; Lisa Pariera bt Mayura Bandekar 8-4; Rekha Natarajan bt Kalpita Raje 8-4: U-12: Sagarika Phadke bt Aditi Vasant 9-4; Akshata Nayak bt Sonal Shetye 9-0; Lizenka Periera bt Pankti Chedda 9-1; Nidhi Shah bt Kanisha Mehta 9-3.
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