Indian sports wrap, December 10: Vaishnavi Adkar beats Madhurima Sawant in the first round of ITF women’s tennis tournament
TENNIS
Vaishnavi Adkar beat wild card entrant Madhurima Sawant 6-0, 6-1 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the District Sports Complex on Tuesday.
Second seed Sahaja Yamalapalli did better by blanking qualifier Ishwari Matere.
In doubles pre-quarterfinals, Smriti Bhasin and Sravya Shivani beat top seeds Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Ekaterina Yashina in straight sets.
The results:
Singles (first round): Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) bt Viktoria Morvayova (Svk) 6-4, 6-1; Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) bt Riya Bhatia 6-0, 6-3; Zhibek Klambayeva (Kaz) bt Paavanii Paathak 6-1, 6-3; Vaishnavi Adkar bt Madhurima Sawant 6-0, 6-1; Punnin Kovapitukted (Tha) bt Bela Tamhankar 6-1, 6-1; Tiantsoa Rajaonah (Fra) bt Pooja Ingale 7-5, 6-2; Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Ishwari Matere 6-0, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Smriti Bhasin & Sravya Shivani bt Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Gre) & Ekaterina Yashina 6-4, 6-2; Viera Deeperm (Tha) & Madhurima Sawant bt Sonal Patil & Abhaya Vemuri 6-1, 2-6, [10-8]; Akanksha Nitture & Soha Sadiq bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) & Viktoria Morvayova (Svk) 6-0, 0-6, [10-7]; Ishwari Matere & Yashaswini Panwar bt Aakruti Sonkusae & Sahira Singh 7-6(7), 6-3; Zuzanna Pawlikowska (Pol) & Tiantsoa Rajaonah (Fra) bt Maria Mikhailova & Sofia Nagornaia (Isr) 6-3, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan