Ashvarya Shrivastava outclassed Shin Jung Yoon of Korea 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the $10,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Monday.
The fourth-seeded Ashvarya almost squandered the first set as she missed two setpoints in the ninth game after having taken a commanding 5-1 lead.
The defensive play of the Korean who tested her by lobbing quite a bit seemed to put Ashvarya on the backfoot, but once she captured the first set in the 12th game, the 19-year-old Indian had little trouble in changing gears and overwhelming her opponent.
In the second set, Ashvarya raced to a 4-1 lead, recovered from a mild setback when she returned a break, to record a straightforward victory.
Ankita prevails
National champion Ankita Raina was the other seeded Indian player to make the pre-quarterfinals, and the seventh seed did so at the expense of wild card Vaniya Dangwal.
Qualifier Prarthana Thombare ran into Yang Zhaoxuan of China and could eke out only two games.
The results:
First round: Yang Zhaoxuan (Chn) bt Prarthana Thombare 6-1, 6-1; Ankita Raina bt Vaniya Dangwal 6-4, 6-3; Ashvarya Shrivastava bt Shin Jung Yoon (Kor) 7-5, 6-2; Nimisha Mohan bt Smriti Joon 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Keren Shlomo (Isr) & Rushmi Chakravarthi bt Shin Jung Yoon (Kor) & Prerna Bhambri 6-7(0), 6-3, 10-4; Saadgi Rajani & Prarthana Thombare bt Vaniya Dangwal & Shalaka Uddur Manjunath 7-6(5), 6-4.
Nadia Abdala (Mex) & Anastasiya Renko (Tkm) bt Tegan Edwards (RSA) & Gopika Kapoor 6-2, 6-4; He Sirui & Yang Zhaoxuan (Chn) bt Ankita Bhatia & Garima Vatwani 6-2, 6-2; Joana Nalborska (Pol) & Nehel Sahni bt Ashvarya Shrivastava & Rishika Sunkara 7-5, 6-4; Aishwarya Agrawal & Ankita Raina bt Abhilasha Ahuja & Nupur Kaul 6-1, 6-1; Ratnika Batra & Rutuja Bhosale bt Amala Amol Warrick & Sonya Dayal 6-2, 6-2; Kim Hae Sung & Kim Ju Eun (Kor) bt Nova Patel and Shweta Rana 6-1, 6-4.
