The top seed Prerna Bhambri continued her good run of form, advancing to the second round of the US $10,000 prize money RGUHS ITF tennis tournament for women with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over China’s Xi-Yao Wang here on Tuesday.
While other seeded players had easy first round matches, Karnataka’s Sharrmadaa Baluu, seeded five, had to retire from her match against Sneha Padamata after one game, due to an inflamed ankle.
Third-seeded Druthi Tatachar defeated Varunya Chandrasekhar 6-2, 6-0, and seventh seed Eetee Maheta beat Sindhu Janagam 6-3, 6-2.
In another interesting duel, Swetha Rana prevailed over Amrita Mukherjee 6-0, 5-7, 7-6(4) after a 161-minute battle.
The results:Singles (first round): Sahan Shetty bt Bhargavi Nitin Mangudkar 6-0, 6-1; Eetee Maheta bt Sindhu Janagam 6-3, 6-2; Sneha Padamata bt Sharrmadaa Baluu 1-0, retd.; Shweta Rana bt Amrita Mukherjee 6-0, 5-7, 7-6(4); Sai Samhitha Chamarthi bt Arthi Muniyan 6-1, 6-0; Prerna Bhambri bt Xi-Yao Wang 6-1, 6-1; Druthi Tatachar Venugopal bt Varunya Chandrashekar 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles (round of 16): Nidhi Chilumula & Eetee Maheta bt Sindhu Janagam & Amreen Naaz 6-0, 6-1; Riya Bhatia & Shweta Rana bt Sri Sai Shivani & Sahan Shetty 6-3, 6-0; Tamachan Momkoonthod & Plobrung Plipuech (Tha) bt Amrita Mukhejee & Sansriti Ranjan 6-2, 6-1.
