Last Updated: March 08, 2023, 22:48 IST
A memorable win for Rutuja Bhosale. (Agencies)
Rutuja Bhosale bounced again after dropping the primary set to finish a shocking turnaround
India’s Rutuja Bhosale shocked second seeded Valentini Grammatikopoulou with a outstanding 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory in the singles opening spherical of the ITF Women’s Open in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The unseeded Bhosale misplaced the primary set however fought again impressively to beat her World No 198 Greek opponent in an exhilarating three-setter to enter the Round-of-16 of the USD 40,000 match.
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Another Indian Zeel Desai, who had gained her second ITF girls’s tour title final month, additionally made a shiny starting with a facile 6-3, 6-2 victory towards German qualifier Rebecca Sarah Sekulic.
The 24-year-old Ahmedabad-born Desai is a wild card entrant.
Top-rated Indian Ankita Raina additionally lived as much as the expectations and made a profitable begin to her marketing campaign by defeating compatriot Vanshita Pathania 6-3, 6-0.
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Vaidehi Chaudhari, who had two wonderful outings in the qualifiers, couldn’t repeat the efficiency and went all the way down to sixth seeded Indonesian Madelyn Nugroho 2-6, 1-6.
Sahaja Yamalapalli, one other Indian wildcard entrant, additionally suffered a 6-7 (8), 3-6 defeat towards Lativa’s Diana Marcinkevica.
Earlier, 15-year-old tennis sensation Brenda Fruhvirtova of Czech Republic vindicated her high seeding in the occasion with a crushing 6-1, 6-0 win over Chinese Taipei’s Lee Ya-Hsuan.
Fruhvirtova made her Grand Slam debut in Australian Open earlier this yr.
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