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Sewa shocks Fariz

KOLKATA: Local favourite Vinod Kumar Sewa upset seventh seed Mohammed Fariz of Tamil Nadu 7-5, 6-4 in the first round of the Central Excise AITA Open grass court tennis championship here on Tuesday. The other seeds, however, secured their berths in the pre-quarterfinals.

In women's singles, Rani Smita Jain shocked the fifth-seeded Svarupa Radhae of Tamil Nadu 6-1, 6-0. Bengal's Srestha Banerjee, making the main draw as a lucky loser, reached the last 16 stage by beating friend and qualifier Raseena Chablani 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in a match lasting more than 120 minutes.

The results (first round):

Men: Tariq Jacob (TN) bt Dr. Satirth Patnaik (Ori) 6-1, 6-4; Sandeep Choudhary (Dli) bt Gurmehar Singh (Dli) 7-5, 6-0; Yannick Nelord (Dli) bt Krishna Karsolia (U.P.) 7-6(4), 7-5; Harshvardhan Thirani (WB) bt Lalit Dash (Ori) 6-0, 6-0; Vinod Kumar Sewa (WB) bt Mohammed Fariz (TN) 7-5, 6-4; Ajay Nishank (Ori) bt Samriddh Burman (WB) 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-2; Saurav Sukul (WB) bt V. Vignesh (TN) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Shivang Mishra (Dli) bt Akshay Bajoria (WB) 6-4, 6-4.

Women: Shahin Ansari (TN) bt Soma Banerjee (WB) 6-2, 6-1; P. Sahan Shetty (Kar) bt Andrea Das (WB) 6-0, 6-3; Shilpa Dalmia (Dli) bt Priyanka Tohan (Dli) 6-0, 6-0; Ragini Vimal (WB) bt Treta Bhattacharyya (WB) 7-5, 6-1; Rani Smita Jain (IAF) bt Svarupa Radhae (TN) 6-1, 6-0; Srestha Banerjee (WB) bt Raseena Chablani (WB) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Krushmi Chedda (Mah) bt Asha S. Mohan (TN) 6-2, 6-3. — Special Correspondent

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