tennis
Vaishnavi Adkar defeated wildcard contestant Madhurima Sawant 6-0, 6-1 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament held at the District Sports Complex on Tuesday.
Second seed Sahaja Yamalapalli fared better by blanking qualifier Ishwari Mater.
Before the doubles quarterfinals, Smriti Bhasin and Slavya Shivani defeated top seeds Valentini Grammaticopoulou and Ekaterina Yasina in straight sets.
result:
Singles (1st round): Tasaporn Nakro (Tha) bt Viktoria Morbayova (Svk) 6-4, 6-1; Bunyawi Tamchaiwat (Tha) bt Liya Bhatia 6-0, 6-3; Jibek Krambayeva (Kaz) bt Parvani Partak 6-1, 6-3. Vaishnavi Adkar bt Madhurima Sawant 6-0, 6-1. Punin Kovapitukted (Tha) bt Bela Tamhankar 6-1, 6-1; Tiansoa Rajona (France) bt Pooja Ingare 7-5, 6-2; Sahaja Yamarapalli bt Ishwari Mathere 6-0; 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Smriti Bhasin & Slavya Shivani bt Valentini Grammaticopoulou (grey) & Ekaterina Yasina 6-4, 6-2. Veera Deepam (Tha) & Madhurima Sawant bt Sonal Patil & Abhaya Vemli 6-1, 2-6, (10-8);Akanksha Niture & Soha Sadiq bt Diana Malsinkevika (Lat) & Viktoria Morbayova (SVK) 6-0, 0-6, (10-7); Ishwari Matere & Yashaswini Panwar bt Akkurtii Sonksae & Sahira Singh 7-6(7), 6-3; Zuzanna Pawlikovska (Poland) & Tianzoa Rajona (France) bt Maria Mihailova & Sofia Nagornaya (Israel) 6-3, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
