Ramesh upsets top seed Xia

From: New Straits Times | Date: August 29, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

K.M. Boopathy
New Straits Times
08-29-2002
Ramesh upsets top seed Xia
Byline: K.M. Boopathy
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: Sport

RAMESH Nathan created a major upset in the US$170,000 (RM646,000) when he sent top seed Xia Xuanze of China packing in the first round in Surabaya yesterday.

It was probably Ramesh's first win over a top five player in his career and achieved it with a 15-1, 11-15, 15-6 win to reach the second round.
However, it was not be for joint fifith seed Lee Tsuen Seng who went crashing in the first round with a 15-11, 15-13 defeat to Taufik Akhbar Hidayat of Indonesia.

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