Junior players Ankita Raina of Pune, Aishwarya Agarwal and Prerna Bhambri of Delhi upset seeded players to move into the women's singles quarter-finals of the $10,000 MSLTA-AITA Women's ITF Tennis Futures at the Balewadi complex on Wednesday.
Junior players Ankita Raina of Pune, Aishwarya Agarwal and Prerna Bhambri of Delhi upset seeded players to move into the women's singles quarter-finals of the $10,000 MSLTA-AITA Women's ITF Tennis Futures at the Balewadi complex on Wednesday.
In the second-round matches, Aishwarya knocked out third seeded veteran Sanaa Bhambri 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 to record one of the most impressive wins of her career. Sanaa's cousin Prerna, however, kept the Bhambri family flag flying by scoring a 6-2, 6-3 win over seventh seeded Jung Yoon Shin of Korea.
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Ankita, who shifted to Pune for her tennis career and watched by her coach Hemant Bendrey, played consistent tennis to take 6-1, 4-2 lead over fifth seeded Shweta Kumari Solanki before the latter retired from the match.
The 15-year old Ankita, who is supported by the city-based LAKSHYA, made it to her maiden quarter-final round in a women's event.
Raina's compatriot Rashmi Teltumbde went down fighting to second seeded veteran Rushmi Chakravarthi 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Top seeded Poojashree Venkatesha, fourth seeded Japanese Miki Miyamura, eighth seeded Shivika Burman and sixth seeded Elodie Rogge Dietrich also made it to the quarter-finals.
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