Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 7 (ANI): Indian pair of Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare registered a powerful come-from-behind win to enter the doubles quarter-finals of the ITF Women’s Open on the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The No. 2 seeded duo defeated the wildcard Indo-German pair of Sharmada Balu and Sarah Rebecca Sekulic 5-7, 6-3, 10-6 in an exciting Round-of-16 match that lasted for shut to 2 hours.
The third seeded Indo-Swedish pair of Rutuja Bhosale and Jacqueline Awad additionally superior to the Last-8 stage after defeating Ji Hee Choi (South Korea) and Lee Ya-Hsuan (Taipei) 6-4, 6-2.
The on-going $40k match is a part of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour and it’s hosted by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).
The all-Indian pair of Pragathi Narayan and Prathiba Narayan, however, exited within the Round-of-16 following a 4-6, 2-6 defeat towards Anastasia Kovaleva and Hanna Vinahradava.
The same destiny was in retailer for one more all-Indian pair of Vaidehi Chaudhari and Shrivalli Rashmikaa who gave a troublesome combat to the fancied duo to Slovenia’s Dalilia Jakupovic, a former World No. 38, and Amandine Hesse of France earlier than happening 6-7 (5), 7-5, 5-10.
Earlier, the match was inaugurated by Dr Ekroop Caur IAS, Secretary, Department of Finance (Budget), Government of Karnataka within the presence of the chief visitor KP Balaraj, Founder of KPB Family Trust together with Sunil Yajaman, Joint Secretary of KSLTA, and Peter Vijay Kumar, the Tournament Director.
Meanwhile, within the singles opening spherical, Japanese Ikumi Yamazaki surprised the third seeded Sakura Hosogi 5-7, 3-6. Bengaluru lady Sharmada, a wild card entrant, nonetheless, misplaced to No. 8 seed Eden Silva of Britain 2-6, 4-6. (ANI)