The Uberoi sisters... (WTA Indian Wells)

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:21 pm

Thought it was time to stop talking about a thread for Shikha and Neha, and actually start one!

Shikha is in the qualies of the Redding Challenger this week:
[Q1] 8-ADAMCZAK MONIQUE AUS vs UBEROI SHIKHA USA

Neha is in the qualies of the WTA Nasdaq-100 in Florida -- draw still TBA.

-neil

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 7:48 pm

Shikha and Neha deserve a thread of their own, and I wish both of them good luck on the tour.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:04 pm

Know the Uberoi sisters a little better by checking out these links.

Faces Unlimited: Shikha Uberoi

Neha Uberoi Named Ivy League Women's Tennis Rookie of the Year

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:40 am

Thanks for the links BBS -- reading the story about the Ivy League makes me realize how far Neha has come, and sadly, how little Kavita has progressed...

Nasdaq-100 quali draw is out:
[Q1] Uberoi vs. Snyder (20)

-neil

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:26 am

Shikha loses at Redding:
[Q1] Adamczak def. Uberoi 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

-neil

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 5:07 pm

Shikha is at the $25K in Augusta, GA this week:

[Q1] (WC) Shikha Uberoi (USA, 381) d. (16) Lauren Breadmore (AUS, 311)

which brings up
[Q2] (WC) Shikha Uberoi (USA, 381) vs. (3) Jewel Peterson (USA, 235)

Go Shikha!
-neil

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:18 pm

Shikha couldn't get past her tough Q2 opponent:
[Q2] (3) Jewel Peterson (USA, 235) d. (WC) Shikha Uberoi (USA, 381) 60 46 64

Neha plays her opening match in the junior tournament at the Nasdaq-100 in Miami today... The winner of the tournament gets a main draw WC next year.

-neil

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:24 pm

We're following Neha's incredible run at the Miami Masters junior tournament in that particular tournament thread... but I thought I would re-post what I just wrote there:

...And in an even bigger upset than Neha's win yesterday comes her straight sets win today over Sesil Karatancheva of Bulgaria. Wow. Sesil just recently ousted world #26 Magui Serna and also beat Alexandra Stevenson at Indian Wells in March. Wow and double wow for Neha -- she seems headed for the Top 100 for sure.

[SF] Neha Uberoi (USA) d. (2) Sesil Karatancheva (BUL, 207) 75 76(3)

She'll play #1 seed Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) in the final...

-neil

potato · Post by **potato** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 3:08 am

Great win! Sesil is very talented. She even took a set off of Maria Sharapova at the Pacific Life.

Another 14-year old she faces tomorrow though.

Post by **jayakris** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:01 pm

There are two pictures of Neha at this web page, from her match against Sesil on Thursday -
http://www.tennis.info/Nasdaq4-11Thu.asp

This page has one picture from wednesday
http://www.tennis.info/Nasdaq4-10Wed.asp

A couple of pictures are in the tuesday page too -
http://www.tennis.info/Nasdaq4-09Tue.asp

You will see why I said she is among the fittest, most athletic Indian girls I have seen .. She is quite thin and light, and perhaps has the best muscle/fat ratio among our girls.

Jay

prasen9 · Post by **prasen9** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 5:05 pm

There were some talks about Neha playing for India. What came out of it?
We could certainly use her along with Sania, Isha and Megha with some others coming up.

-Prasenjit

Post by **jayakris** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 5:55 pm

The talk is very much there. Otherwise I wouldn't fiollow her this closely!

Jay

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:44 pm

Article on Neha's big win
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl- ... -headlines

A few factual errors (she's India's most famous female tennis player? Maybe someday, but not now!) but overall a good article.

-neil

nkoth · Post by **nkoth** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 3:33 pm

This was mentioned in a PTI article today --

Meanwhile, 18-year-old Neha Uberoi became the first person of Indian origin to enter a Tier 1 WTA event after grabbing a main draw wild card for the Nasdaq Open WTA event in Miami.

Guess this is the highest any POI will have gotten since Niru's Aussie Open adventure!

-neil

Post by **jayakris** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 4:21 pm

Pictures of Neha from Friday --

http://www.tennis.info/Nasdaq4-12Fri.asp

Jay