The Hindu : Jeevan loses in third round

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, Nov 27, 2003

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Jeevan loses in third round

NEW DELHI NOV. 26. The third-seeded Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan lost 2-6, 1-6 to Christian Adinata of Indonesia in the third round of the ITF Grade `IV' junior tennis tournament in Surabaya, Indonesia, last week.

Vijit Sehgal did well to make the main draw from the qualifying event, but lost 3-6, 0-6 in the second round to Chris Mayanto of Indnesia.

The Indian girls Sandri Gangotri and Ashmitha Easwaramurthi, seeded third and sixth respectively, lost in the second round of singles, and were unable to win a round in doubles.

The results:

Boys singles: Third round: Christian Adinata (Ina) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 6-2, 6-1; Second round: Jeevan bt Christopher Rungkat (Ina) 6-0, 6-1; Chris Mayanto (Ina) bt Vijit Sehgal 6-3, 6-0; First round: Jeevan bt Muhammad Ashaari Zainal (Mas) 6-2, 6-1; Vijit bt Amsyah Riyan Rahimi (Ina) 6-1, 6-0.

Qualifying event: Third and final round: Vijit bt Mertha Wijaya (Ina) 6-3, 6-3; Second round: Vijit bt Yoga Dwi Ramanda (Ina) 6-2, 6-2.

Boys doubles (first round): Reza Amrullah & Christopher Rungkat (Ina) bt Duc-Chi Tang (Vie) & Vijit 6-3, 6-4.

Girls singles: Second round: Patricia Soesilo (Ina) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-2, 6-0; Lavinia Tananta (Ina) bt Sandri Gangotri 7-5, 6-1; First round: Ashmitha bt Gina Fahaiyena (Ina) 6-1, 6-0; Sandri bt Thuy-Dan Nguyen (Vie) 6-3, 6-0.

Doubles (first round): Yu-Chen Chen (Tpe) & Nancy Metrya (Ina) bt Ashmitha & Sandri 6-2, 6-4.

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