Snehadevi Reddy overwhelmed top seed Ching-Wen Hsu of Chinese Taipei 6-0, 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the $10,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament here on Thursday.
It was the first victory for the former Asian junior champion, as the 764th ranked Snehadevi had lost to the 384th ranked Taipei girl in all their three previous meetings, including the one last week in the quarterfinals in Nashik.
While the 18-year-old Snehadevi did struggle a bit in her service games, even though she managed to save all the eight breakpoints, there was no such issues on the Taipei girl’s serve, as the latter managed to win a mere five points in all with her serve.
Hsu, who had won the singles title last week, partnered Sharrmadaa Baluu to make the doubles final later in the day, at the expense of Arantxa Andrady and Sharon Sanchana Paul.
Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy who was very close to winning the title last week continued to assert her big game as she outplayed second seed Dhruthi Venugopal for the loss of two games.
Sowjanya Bavisetti continued to hurt her University teammate, as the talented left-hander beat fourth seed Bhuvana Kalva in three sets, her second successive triumph following the one last week.
The results: Singles (quarterfinals): Snehadevi Reddy bt Ching-Wen Hsu (Tpe) 6-0, 6-0; Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Bhuvana Kalva 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Sharrmadaa Baluu bt Sharon Sanchana Paul 6-1, 5-7, 6-0; Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy bt Dhruthi Venugopal 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles (semifinals): Ching-Wen Hsu (Tpe) & Sharrmadaa Baluu bt Arantxa Andrady & Sharon Sanchana Paull 6-4, 6-0; Snehadevi Reddy & Dhruthi Venugopal bt Eetee Maheta & Rashmi Teltumbde 6-4, 6-0.