Nida Shahid Kamal beat fifth seed Jennifer Luikham 6-4, 6-3 in the girls’ first round of the ITF grade-4 junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Tuesday.
Shivani Ingle put up a good fight against seventh seed Marta Oliveira of Portugal, but lost in three sets.
The results (first round): Boys: Muthu Aadhitiya Senthilkumar bt Apuroop Patlolla Reddy 6-1, 6-0; Siddhant Banthia bt Sathya Maran 6-2, 6-2; Salvador Bandeira (Por) bt Kabir Manrai 6-2, 7-6(7); Abhimanyu Vannem Reddy bt Param Pun 6-3, 6-1; Aditya Vasisht bt Sagar Bains 6-2, 6-4.
Girls: Nida Shaid Kamal bt Jennifer Luikham 6-4, 6-3; Lalita Devarakonda bt Seerat Sidu 7-5, 6-3; Marta Oliveira (Por) bt Shivani Ingle 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Humera Begum Shaik bt Aesha Patel (US) 6-2, 6-1; Mahak Jain bt Sonashe Bhatnagar 6-0, 6-2.
