Wednesday, April 04, 2018

Tennis News

At $250K Abierto GNP Seguros 2018, Monterrey, Mexico

[R1] Nadia Podoroska (ARG)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l (3) Dalila Jakupovic (SLO)/ Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 26 26

Prarthana and her partner Nadia Podoroska lost one-sided match against the third seed pair.

At $25K ITF Women's Tournament 2018, Kashiwa, Japan

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,212) bt (7) Fangzhou Liu (CHN,176) 16 64 75

[R2] Ankita Raina (IND,212) vs (Q) Chihiro Muramatsu (JPN,390)

Doubles
[R1] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) bt (1) Ksenia Lykina (RUS)/ Junri Namigata (JPN) 46 76(4) 10-5
[R1] Alina Silich (RUS)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt Haruna Arakawa (JPN)/ Ayano Shimizu (JPN) 75 36 10-4

[QF] Ankita Raina (IND)/ Chin-Wei Chan (TPE) vs Erina Hayashi (JPN)/ Momoko Kobori (JPN)
[QF] Alina Silich (RUS)/ Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) vs Kyoka Okamura (JPN)/ Ayaka Okuno (JPN)

Ankita showed her improve confidence and tenacity in her long day on the court, almost 4 hours and 25 mins ... In the singles, she scored a comeback win against higher ranked Fangzhou Liu ... After losing the first set cheaply Ankita was a break down in the second set, 1-4 ... After that, Ankita won next 5 games for taking the match into the decider ... In the final set, Ankita was a break up at 4-2 but Liu tried fightback breaking Ankita in the 8th game and was leading 4-5 ... Ankita held her serve while serving for staying in the match and then broke Liu in the 11th game to lead 6-5 ... Ankita held her serve for winning the match in 2 hours and 35 mins ... Next, she is facing young Japanese Chihiro Muramatsu, who defeated Karman in the final qualifying.
In the doubles, Ankita and Chan scored an upset comeback win over top-seed pair in one hour and 25 mins ... Karman and her Russian partner Silich needed the match tie-break for their win over Japanese pair ... Next, Karman and Ankita r facing Japanese pairs with their respective partners.

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