Wildcard Sharon Paul (Tamil Nadu) defeated fourth seed Nehel Sahni (Delhi) 6-1, 6-1 in the women's first round at the Videocon-All-India Open tennis championship here on Monday.
Her next opponent is Sayli Bilhare (Maharashtra), who won in straight sets against Amala Warrick (Karnataka). Wildcard entry Ankita Bhatia (Haryana) beat Sagarika Phadke 7-6(3), 6-2 to progress into the second round.
The results : Women's First round : Sheetal Goutham (Kar) bt Nidhi Chilumula (AP) 6-1, 6-2; 6-Natasha Palha (Goa) bt Madhuri Patere (Mah) 6-0, 6-1; Sharon Paul (TN) bt Nehel Sahni (Del) 6-1, 6-1; Sayli Bilhare (Mah) bt Amala Warrick (Kar) 6-2, 6-4; Zainab Sajjad (AP) bt Supriya Mallaya (Mah) 6-4, 6-1; Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Nupur Kaul (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Shweta Rana (HP) bt Priyanka Rawat (Utk) 6-3, 6-2; Shruti Archita (Mah) bt Jeni Patel (Guj) 7-5, 6-4; Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj) bt Amreen Chaudhary (UP) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5; Eetee Mehta (Guj) bt Sonia Dayal (Mah) 6-1, 6-4; Shivika Burman (Ben) bt Saadgi Rajani (Guj) 6-3, 6-3; Ankita Bhatia (HR) bt Sagarika Phadke (Mah) 7-6(3), 6-2.
