Indians Ankita Raina and Sahaja Yamalapalli recorded victories within the first spherical of the $100,000 KPB Belief Girls’s Open tennis match on the KSLTA courts right here on Tuesday.
Ankita, the best ranked Indian, defeated Russian qualifier Daria Kudashova 7-6(2), 7-6(4). Ankita did properly to beat a bout of nausea within the second set. The 32-year-old at occasions resorted to moon balls to provide herself sufficient time to get better for the subsequent shot. Kudashova erred by settling for lengthy rallies, as a substitute of taking an attacking strategy to shut out factors.
Ankita should elevate her sport a couple of notches within the subsequent spherical, when she takes on prime seed Tatjana Maria.
Sahaja was spectacular in a 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 win over Nice Britain’s Yuriko Miyazaki. Sahaja (world no. 315) used a robust serve and crisp groundstrokes to close out Miyazaki (world no. 182).
It was disappointment for Vaidehi Chaudhari and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty. Vaidehi fell to defending champion Darja Semenistaja 2-6, 2-6, whereas Shrivalli was blown away 0-6, 0-6 by eighth-seed Sara Bejlek.
Brenda Fruhvirtova, who clinched the title right here in 2023, was pressured to retire towards Maria Timofeeva. Brenda was down 3-4 within the first set when she threw within the towel because of an damage.
Brenda’s sister Linda had a greater time of it, going previous Brazil’s Laura Pigossi 6-2, 7-6(5).
The outcomes:
First spherical: Sahaja Yamalapalli (Ind) bt Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (GBR) 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; Ankita Raina (Ind) bt Daria Kudashova (Rus) 7-6(2), 7-6(4); Tatjana Maria (Ger) bt Petra Marcinko (Cro) 6-4, 7-5; Maria Timofeeva (Rus) bt Brenda Fruhvirtova (Cze) 4-3 (retd.); Sara Bejlek (Cze) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty (Ind) 6-0, 6-0; Darja Semenistaja (Lat) bt Vaidehee Chaudhari (Ind) 6-2, 6-2; Linda Fruhvirtova (Cze) bt Laura Pigossi (Bra) 6-2, 7-6(5); Rebecca Marino (Can) bt Riya Bhatia (Ind) 6-1, 6-0.