Bengaluru: India’s Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale displayed immense tenacity whereas registering three-set wins to achieve the singles semi-finals of the ITF Women’s Open on Friday.
Raina, fourth seed in the event, fought previous Dea Herdzelas of Bosnia And Herzegovina 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-5 whereas Bhosale overcame eighth-seeded Briton Eden Silva 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 on the KSLTA Stadium.
Raina will face Bhosale in an all-Indian semi-final on Saturday.
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The ongoing event — part of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour — is hosted by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).
Earlier, prime seeded Brenda Fruhvirtova of Czech Republic entered the semi-finals with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Indonesia’s sixth seeded Madelyne Nugroho. The No. 5 seed Dalila Jakupovic additionally registered a straightforward 6-2, 6-0 win in opposition to Ikumi Yamazaki in the opposite quarter-final.
”The first set was going fairly simple and quick and in the second I used to be main 5-3 however I didn’t actually use my probabilities. Then at 5-5 I broke her serve after which I held my serve to win the match,” stated Fruhvirtova after her win.
”I’m joyful that it was not a three-set match as a result of bodily I used to be not 100 per cent — in all probability due to the matches and the warmth as nicely. I’m joyful that I’ve eased by.” Later in the day, Bhosale and her Swedish accomplice Jacqueline Awad went right down to the No. 1 seeded Portuguese pair of Jorge Fransica and Jorge Matilde 6-2, 3-6, 8-10 in the doubles semi-final.
Fransica-Matilde will face the Greco-British pair of Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Eden Silva in the ultimate on Saturday. Grammatikopoulou and Silva defeated Dalila Jakupovic of Slovakia and Amandine Hesse of France 6-1, 6-3.
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