India’s 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran roared into her first WTA semifinal, knocking out Japan’s Mei Yamaguchi 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 within the L&T Mumbai Open 125 on the Cricket Membership of India right here on Friday.
Yamaguchi began aggressively, mixing robust forehands with intelligent slices and raced to a 2-0 lead. She continued to use stress with highly effective baseline winners to stretch the result in 3-1. Maaya fought again with an ace and an attractive drop shot to degree the rating 3-3.
A slew of errors undid the Japanese after an early interval of dominance, which Maaya capitalised on to seize the primary set by breaking her opponent within the tenth sport.
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Within the second, the 25-year-old hammered down a couple of aces on the best way to a 3-2 lead. Maaya responded with a exact backhand down the road to degree the rating. Yamaguchi then received three consecutive video games to ship the match right into a decider.
After dropping the primary sport of the ultimate set, Maaya received 5 straight video games to go away her opponent gasping. She later sealed the match with an excellent forehand winner to arrange a semifinal conflict in opposition to fifth-seeded Jil Teichmann of Switzerland.
Earlier, India’s Shrivalli Bhamidipaty misplaced to Teichmann 2-6, 2-6 in her quarterfinal.
Within the doubles, India’s Prarthana Thombare partnering Arianne Hartono entered the ultimate with an exhilarating 2-6, 6-4, [10-2] win over Eden Silva and Anastasia Tikhonava.
Different outcomes:
Singles (quarterfinals): Rebecca Marino (Can) bt Mai Hontama (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt Lanlana Tararudee (Tha) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
Doubes (quarterfinals): Amina Anshba & Elena Pridankina bt Alicia Barnett (GBr) & Rutuja Bhosale 6-4, 6-3; Nicole Fossa Huergo (Ita) & Camilla Rosatello (Ita) bt Shrivalli Bhimadipaty & Riya Bhatia 6-3, 6-3.