Mumbai, June 30 -- Shameena Riaz and Om Semwal of India pulled off massive upsets on an action packed day at the UD 15,000 HCL-SRFI PSA Challenger Tournament, being hosted by the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club at their air conditioned courts, here, on Tuesday.
While Shameena accounted for top seed Hayley Ward of South Africa in four games, Semwal displayed immense discipline and stamina as well as skill and guile to outlast third seed Diego Gobbi of Brazil in five games.
In other matches featuring Indians, 3rd seed Tanvi Khanna outplayed Pooja Arthi Raghu 3-0,while 5th seed Suraj Kumar Chand lost in three games to Egypt's Ziad Ibrahim.
Shameena, who grabbed the last spot on the Indian team for the Asian Games, rallied from the loss of the...