By IANS
Kolkata : Karan Rastogi lived up to his top billing as he defeated local boy and wild card Saif Ali 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Indian Oil Servo National Grasscourt Tennis Championship 2007 at South Club here Monday.
The opening day of the saw local girl Treta Bhattacharyya and Manoj Kumar Sewa pull off upset victories.
Treta ousted the fourth seed Parul Goswami of Delhi 1-6,6-4,6-4 while Sewa justified his wild card entry by shocking eighth seed P. Prajnesh Gunneswaran of Tamil Nadu 6-2,6-3. Another city girl to make pre-quarter-finals is Dipti Srivastava, another wild card. She defeated Jilke Nelord of Delhi 6-3,6-2.
First round results:
Men’s singles: Karan Rastogi (1)(Mah)(3) beat Saif Ali (WC)(WB) 6-1,6-4; Divij Sharan (4)(Dli)(7) beat Mohammad Fariz (TN)(24) 6-3,7-6(7-5); Vinod Sridhar (7)(TN)(12) beat Rohan Gide (Mah)(22) 6-4,6-0; Manoj Kumar Sewa (WC)(WB)(34) beat P. Prajnesh Gunneshwaran (8)(TN)(14) 6-2,6-3; J. Vishnu Vardhan (8)(AP)(11) beat Shivang Mishra (Dli)(25) 6-3,6-2.
Women’s singles: Rushmi Chakravarthi (1)(TN)(4) beat Chirashanti Rajur (Kar)(25) 6-0,6-0; Shahin Ansari (Q)(TN)(51) beat Jayapalan Kesika (TN)(21) 6-4,6-3; Geeta Manohar (AP)(71) beat Arushi Sharma (Dli)(27) 6-1,6-0; Rashmi Teltumbde (7)(Mah)(17) beat Shilpi Jaiswal (Bih)(30) 6-1,6-1; Asha Nanda Kumar (3)(Q)(Kar)(11) beat Rohini Das (WC)(WB) 6-0,6-1; Poojashree Venkatesh (Kar)(Kar) beat Anupama Rajur (Q)(Kar)(45) 6-0,6-2; Sweta Kumari Solanki (5)(Dli)(14) beat D. Harshini Reddy (Q)(Kar)(49) 6-0,6-1; Anushree Thamanna (Q)(Kar)(58) beat Shivika Burman (WB)(39) 6-3,3-6,6-3; Smita Rani Jain (IAF)(43) beat Sagarika Phadke (Q)(Mah)(51) 6-4,3-6,6-4; Treta Bhattacharyya (WB)(35) beat Parul Goswami (4)(Dli)(12) 1-6,6-4,6-4; Anukriti Prasad (Dli)(22) beat Mohana Sarker (WC)(WB)(68) 7-5,7-6(7-4); Dipti Srivastava (WC)(WB) beat Jilke Nelord (Dli)(31) 6-3,6-2; Sonal Phadke (2)(Mah)(9) beat Abhilasha Ahuja (Q)(Har) 6-3,6-3.