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| October 7, 2003 | Tuesday | Sha’aban 10, 1424 |
Mann upsets Sandeep
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Mann Lalit of India pulled off the major upset in the 2nd leg of ITF Pakistan International Junior tennis championships beating compatriot and 6th seed Sandeep Kumar in a well contested three-set match at Islamabad Club on Monday.
All the remaining seeded players moved into the second round by beating their respective opponents in straight sets on the opening day of the second leg of the tournament.
In the girls event, Poojasbree and Daksha Mulay (both from India), and Amita Arudpragasm (Sri Lanka) and Anoosha Aslam (Pakistan) moved into the quarterfinals by winning their respective matches.
Results: Boys singles First Round Roy Rupesh (IND) beat raza Tabish (Pak) 6-1, 6-1 Yahya Human (Pak) beat Htifat Haris (Pak) 2-6,6-2,6-3 Ahmed Danish (Pak) beat Afridi Changez (Pak) 6-1,6-0 Pasha Mutib (Pak) beat Afridi changez (Pak) 6-2,6-0 Sivendiran Nishendiran (SRI) beat Ali Abid (Pak) 6-0,6-0 Siributwong Peerakit (THI) beat Ali Ahmed (Pak) 6-1,6-0 Ashiq Tanveer (Pak) beat Ch. Raheel (Pak) 6-2,6-2 Mana lalit (IND) beat Kumar Sandeep (IND) 3-6,6-4,6-3 Shokeen Vivek (IND) beat Ejaz M. Usman (Pak) 6-4,6-2 Niazi Shahrukh (Pak) beat Mahmood Nasir (Pak) 6-1,6-0 Abdullah Ali (Pak) beat Haq Nouman ul (Pak) 6-2,7-5 Khan Shahzad (Pak) beat Anwar Aftab (Pak) 6-4,6-3 Cheema wasif (Pak) beat Ashraf Shehryar (Pak) 6-1,6-1 Das Kaushik (IND) beat Masood Arjumand (Pak) 6-0,6-1 Khan Adnan (Pak) w/o Khan Talal (Pak) Gupta Sumit (IND) beat Masood Sibtain (Pak) 6-3,6-2
Girls singles: First Round Venkatesh Poojashree (IND) beat Khunpitak Punchanok (THI) 6-3,6-4 Aslam Anoosha (Pak) beat Mansoor Sara (Pak) 6-3,6-4 Mulay Daksha (IND) beat Abeysinghe Thiyumi (SRI) 6-1,6-3 Arudpragasam Amita (SRI) beat Paul Puja (IND) 6-4, 6-3
The boys singles competition will start at 9:30 a.m. to be followed with girls gingles and boys doubles at 1:30 pm on Tuesday.—APP
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