India’s Ankita Raina and top-seed Brenda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic prolonged their spectacular run to enter the singles quarter-finals in the ITF Women’s Open on Thursday.
Raina, the No. 4 seed, outclassed Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudee 6-2 6-1 in a Round-of-16 match with out breaking a sweat. The 15-year-old tennis sensation Fruhvirtova, then again, needed to undergo a three-set grind towards Thailand’s Peangtarn Plipuech earlier than successful 6-4 3-6 6-2.
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“It was a good match as it was a straight-set win. I got my opportunities and took them at the right moment. I had played Lanlana in December last year in India and that was also a straight-set win, but a much closer match.
”The situations had been a bit completely different right here however I settled into the match early and caught to my aggressive method and it helped me,” Raina stated after the match.
The ongoing USD 40k match is hosted by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) and it’s sponsored by KPB Family Trust.
Unseeded Indian Rutuja Bhosale, who had shocked second-seeded Valentini Grammatikopoulou on Wednesday, continued her good type to make the quarter-finals with a well-fought 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over Diana Marcinkevica of Latvia.
Later, the 26-year-old Bhosale additionally made it to the doubles semi-finals along with her accomplice Jacqueline Awad because the third-seeded Indo-Swedish duo defeated Saki Imamura and Chia-Yi Tsao 6-4 6-3 comfortably in the quarter-finals.
However, it was heartbreak for the nation’s different participant, Zeel Desai, who fought bravely however couldn’t overcome Indonesia’s sixth-seeded Madelyn Nugroho, happening 7-5 3-6 5-7.
Eighth-seeded Eden Silva of Britain too entered the last-8 with a fluent 6-2 6-0 win over Japan’s Mei Yamaguchi.
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