Wildcard Rutuja falls to Kai Zhang; Raina cruises in Rd 2

Wildcard Rutuja falls to Kai Zhang; Raina cruises in Rd 2

Pune: Wildcard Rutuja Bhosale fought bravely but ended on the losing side against Kai-Lin Zhang of China in a keenly-contested match that the Chinese won 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), but the No. 2 seed Ankita Raina remained the lone Indian in the draw after making it to the second round at the $25000 BVG Pune Open ITF Women’s tennis championships organised by NS Sports Academy at the MSLTA School of Tennis at Mhalunge Balewadi Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Two more Indians, wildcard Jennifer Luikham and Snehal Mane also fell in the first round, Ankita outplayed Amina Anshba 6-2, 6-1.

It was the sixth seeded Israeli Deniz Khazaniuk, who rallied past Snehal Mane 6-3, 6-1 to move into the second round.

Karman Kaur Thandi had made it to the second round on Monday and will be in action along with Ankita on Wednesday.

Results:
First round: 1-Tamara Zidansek (Slo) bt Ya-Hsuan Lee (Tpe) 6-3, 6-3; 2-Ankita Raina (Ind) bt Amina Anshba (Rus) 6-2, 6-1; Marina Melnikova (Rus) bt wc-Jennifer Luikham (Ind) 7-6 (7-2), 6-3; Kai-Lin Zhang (Chn) bt Rutuja Bhosale (Ind) 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5); 6-Deniz Khazaniuk (Isr) bt Snehal Mane (Ind) 6-3, 6-1; Valeriya Strakhova (Ukr) bt 7-Katy Dunne (Gbr) 6-1, 6-3; 8-Quirine Lemoine (Ned) bt Pia Cuk (Slo) 6-1, 6-1; 5-Olga Doroshina (Rus) bt Katarzyna Kawa (Pol) 6-3, 6-2; Reka-Luca Jani (Hun) bt Kaylah Mcphee (Aus) 1-6, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3); Jaqueline Adina Cristian (Rou) bt Miyabi Inoue (Jpn) 6-1, 7-5; 3-Jia-Jing Lu (Chn) bt Katarzyna Piter (Pol) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

Doubles: Aleksandrina Naydenova (Bul) and Tamara Zidansek (Slo) bt Maria Marfutina (Rus) and Anna Morgina (Rus) 6-1, 6-0; 3-Ana Veselinovic (Mne) and Ekaterina Yashina (Rus) bt Mariam Bolkvadze (Geo) and Albina Khabibulina (Uzb) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
 

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