Unfancied Jennika Jason is one of the shining stars of the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) inter-school tennis tournament. After losing in the first round of this tournament last year, the unseeded eight-year-old Carmel of St Joseph (Malad) player is all set to take on top seed Kyra Shetty of Jamnabai Narsee in the title clash today.


Jennika Jason of Carmel of St Joseph (Malad) returns to Manvi Shroff of Jamnabai Narsee (Juhu) in the girls U-10 MSSA tennis semi-final at MSLTA yesterday. Pic/Suresh KK 

Yesterday, Jennika upset fourth seed Manvi Shroff of Jamnabai Narsee (Juhu) 6-3 in the girls U-10 semi-final at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) courts. Kyra defeated fifth seed Saloni Dey 6-4 in the other semi-final.