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Thursday, Oct 28, 2004

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Vandana ousted

PUNE, OCT. 27 Sixth seed Thassa Vitayaviroj of Thailand had to pull out all her resources to quell the spirited challenge of qualifier Indian junior Vandana Murali 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 at the $10,000 NECC ITF Women's Tennis Tournament here on Wednesday.

In the best fare of the day the, Tamil Nadu lass Vandana Murali started off in a stormy fashion by breaking Vitayaviroj in opening and ninth games to wrap up the first set 6-3 in a jiffy. The second set saw Vitayaviroj break Murali in the eight games to level up score to one set all.

A visibly tired Vandana, however, caved in the third set with an inspired Vitayaviroj breaking her opponent's serves with impunity to canter home a winner in 110 minutes winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 to make it to the quarterfinals.

The results: Women's singles: Pre-quarterfinals: (Indians unless specified): Isha Lakhani bt Punam Reddy 6-3, 6-0; Wilawan Choptang (Thai) bt Madhura Ranganathan 6-0, 6-3; Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) bt Iciri Rai 6-2, 6-1; Thassa Vitayviroj (Thai) bt Vandana Murali 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Sonal Phadke bt Radhika Tulpule 7-6 (10-8), 6-2; Sanaa Bhambri bt Andrea Lipovska 6-0, 6-1; Parul Goswami bt Shewata Kakhandki 6-3, 6-3; Rushmi Chakravarthi bt Preeti Rao 6-4, 6-4.— UNI

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