The Hindu : Kanika upsets Shruti

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Wednesday, Feb 04, 2004

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Kanika upsets Shruti

By Our Sports Reporter

BANGALORE, FEB. 3. Kanika Minocha toppled top ranked Shruti Khanna on the opening day of the four-day All India ladies amateur golf championship (matchplay) tournament, which commenced at the Karnataka Golf Association on Tuesday.

Shruthi, currently the No. 1 in the amateur Order of Merit list, had one horrible hole on the 16th to lose all chances of winning. The 16th seeded Kanika played steadily to log par scores on the last two holes, while Shruthi bogeyed both to lose by two holes on the 18th.

In another major upset in the gold division, Rani Sonti of Karnataka Golf Association upset fourth-seeded Pragya Mishra of Kolkatta. Rani focussed strongly on her game and by hitting the greens with regularity won by three holes on the 17th.

The easiest winner of the day was last year's semifinalist Shalini Malik who ran circles around youngster Vaishavi Sinha. Shruti was leading by eight holes after the 11th and played too well for Vaishavi.

The silver division witnessed a thriller in the match between Saanya Sharma and Revathy Solomon. The former won in a tie-breaker after the scores were all square on the 18th.

The results: Gold division: Kanika Minocha bt Shruti Khanna (2 & 1); Manavi Halwasiya bt Renuka Phillip (2 & 1); Rani Sonti bt Pragya Mishra (3 & 2); Vandana Aggarwal bt Shraddanjali (2 &1); Anjali Chopra bt Shrishthi Dhaon (1 up); Meghana Bal bt Lalita B. (5 & 4); Shalini Malik bt Vaishavi Sinha (8 & 7); Neha Majitha bt Mayali Talwar (4 & 3).

Silver division: Sonavi Chopra bt Pinky N. Kumar (5 & 4); Indu Shrivasthava bt Anjali Nagpal (3 & 2); Sanya Sharma bt Revathy Solomon (19th hole); Rita Punwani bt Sunita Goenka (4 & 3); Gitah Pandit bt Premalatha Rao (2 up); Sonia Barman bt Rohini Majithia (5 &4); Connie Syal bt Baby Malkani (6 & 4); F.K Sharma bt Dimple Singh (5 & 4).

Bronze division: Preeti Mehta (bye); Kanakalatha Singh bt S.S. Lakshmi (3 &1); Neelu Chopra bt S.C. Mahtab (3 & 2); S.S Kohli bt K.K Chatterjee (2 & 1); Priya Khanna (bye); Aruna Sharma bt Manashri Ghose (3 & 1); Ritu Lamba bt Mala (8 & 6); Anju Chopra bt Nobuku Soft (2 & 1).

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