Sumeet Shinde upsets top seed Shiva Sangwan

Karachi, Aug 23: Rank outsider Sumeet Shinde stunned top seed Shiva Sangwan in an all India affair to storm into the semi-finals of the ITF Junior Tennis championship here.

Mumbai-based Shinde recovered from the first set loss of 0-6 and staged a dramatic recovery to win the the next two sets 6-1, 6-1 to send Chandigarh's Shiva Sangwan packing.

Joining Shinde in the last four was another unseeded player Nuttorn Tanchainant of Thailand, who overpowered ninth seed Jugal Marfatia of India 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

Jugal had earlier beaten compatriot and fifth seed Lakshit Sood in the second round.

In the girl's section, fifth seed Carol Benito of Spain edged out fourth seed Indian Dipti Shrivastava 6-3, 6-2 to book a berth in the last four.

Carol was joined in the last four by top seed Indian Inayat Khosla, who accounted for fellow countrywoman Richa Valecha 6-4, 6-2.

UNI