Shivika lifts Amman ITF Junior Circuit girl's crown in Jordan

Kolkata, Aug 14 (UNI) Kolkata girl Shivika Burman lifted the doubles crown at the Amman ITF Junior Circuit at the Jordan Tennis Federation Al Hussain Sport City in Amman.

This was a Grade 5 tournament. Seeded second in singles, Shivika who is currently 382nd in the ITF rankings, beat Sara Fadda of Jordan 6-0,6-0 in the pre- quarter finals.

In the quarter finals she defeated Egypt's Yara Abou El Ghar 6-1,6-0. But lost in the semis to fourth seed Slovak girl Lucia Kovarcikova 6-7(7-9),0-6.

In the doubles Shivika partnered Oman's Fatma Al Nabhani. The top seeded pair first defeated Kuwaiti pair of Shireen Al Hasani and Amar Al Jazzaf 6-2,6-1 in the quarters and then went on to beat the third seeded Indo- Slovak pair of Adnya Naik and Lucia Kovarcikova 7-6(9-7), 4-6, 6-3.

In the finals Shivika and Fatma beat Fiona List and Christina Mathis, both from Austria, 6-7(3-7),7-5,6-4.

Another Indian girl to make waves in Jordan was Adnya Naik ranked 749 in ITF. She reached the semi finals of the singles beating Firni Hammanji of Syria 6-0, 6-0 in the pre-quarters.

In the quarters she created an upset and defeated third seed Line Ghannan of Syria 6-3,6-3 but was defeated by fifth seed Egyptian Menna El Nagdy 6-7(5-7), 5-7.

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