Kolkata, January 29: Second seed Mari Tanka ranked 460 in the WTA rankings of Japan upset the top seed Dalila Jakuoppovic of Slovenia ranked 394 in the finals of the 10,000 US dollars ITF Women’s Tournament at Jaidip Mukerjea Tennis Academy today.
The match was a close affair and the Japanese won 6-4 6-3, which lasted 90 minutes, Tanaka led 5-0 in the first set after wich Jakuoppovic pulled up to 5-4 but could not win the set. In the 2nd set also Tanaka had an early break and finally won 6-4 6-3. It was a very hard hitting match from the base line and the crowd appriciated it very much.
West Bengal Governor N K Narayanan gave away the prizes.
—-Agancies