Solanki stuns second seed

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jan 21 2014 | 6:34 PM IST
Alex Solanki of India created a major upset today as he ousted second seed Wei De Lin of Chinese Taipei in the opening round of the ongoing ONGC ITF Junior at the DKS clay courts here.
Wei De Lin grabbed the opening set 6-4 but the second was stretched to a tie-breaker as the lower-ranked Solanki refused to give up before squaring it with a 7-1 win.
There was no looking back for Solanki thereafter and he played some outstanding rally to win the decider 6-2.
Qualifiers from India had a bad day today as Amartanth Arora, Balaji Lakshmanan and Raghav Jaisinghani exited the draw in the opening round without even winning a set.
In the girls section, Karman Kaur Thandi, Vanshikha Sawhney and Ojasvinee Singh entered the pre-quarters against their respective opponents.
Results (Round 1):
Boys singles: Paramveer Singh Bajwa bt Sharobiddin Abzalov (UZB) 6-4 6-1; Jay Clarke (GBR) bt Amarnath Arora 6-0 6-2; Tung Lin Wu (TPE) bt Balaji Lakshmanan 6-1 6-2; G Blancaneaux (FRA)(7) bt Raghav Jaisinghani 6-2 6-1.
Girls singles: Karman Kaur Thandi bt En Shuo Liang (TPE) 7-5 6-4; Vanshika Sawhney bt Fang Hsien Wu (TPE) 6-3 6-2; Ojasvinee Singh bt Jaipet Anontaweesil (THA) 6-3 6-2.
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First Published: Jan 21 2014 | 6:34 PM IST

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