Int'l Jr Tennis
Viktoriya upsets Nigora
Sports Reporter
Ranjan Ram failed to reach the quarterfinal of the Dhaka Bank Bangladesh International Junior Tennis Championship when he crashed to fourth seeded Rungat Christopher of Indonesia 6-2, 6-1 at the National tennis Complex in Ramna yesterday.Ranjan was the only local player to reach the second round of the boys' singles competition. In the girls' singles, Russian wild-card entry Kamenskaya Viktoriya came from behind to shock second seed Sirojiddnova Nigora of Uzbekistan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in an entertaining battle that lasted two hours and 43 minutes. All the quarterfinals, boys' singles and doubles and girls' singles and doubles will be held today.
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Wild-card entry Viktoriya Kamenskaya of Russia returns a forehand on way to beat Sirojiddinova Nigora of Uzbekistan in the second round of the International Junior Tennis Championship at the Ramna National Tennis Complex on Tuesday. PHOTO: STAR |
