Wild card entrant Sathwika Sama beat compatriot Vanshita Pathania 6-3, 6-4 to move into the second round of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the City Centre Tennis Complex on Tuesday.
Former Asian junior champion Mihika Yadav went down in three sets to Freya Christie of Britain in another first round encounter, while wild card Shreya Tatavarthy fought hard before being subdued in the third set by Russian qualifier Evgeniya Burdina.
In doubles pre-quarterfinals, National champion Sowjanya Bavisetti and Dan Ni Wang of China missed three matchpoints in the super tie-break to lose 2-6, 6-4, [19-17] against Cabaj Awad of Sweden and Melanie Klaffner of Austria.
The results:
Singles (first round): Evgeniya Burdina (Rus) bt Shreya Tatavarthy 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2; Freya Christie (GBR) bt Mihika Yadav 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Sathwika Sama bt Vanshita Pathania 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Berfu Cengiz (Tur) & Freya Christie (GBr) bt Mahak Jain & Sathwika Sama 6-0, 6-1; Mana Kawamura & Funa Kozaki (Jpn) bt Arthi Muniyan & Sara Yadav 6-4, 6-0.
Karin Kennnel (Sui) & Silvia Njiric (Cro) bt Zeyneo Sonmez (Tur) & Saumya Vig 7-6(4), 6-4; Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi & Snehal Mane bt Deeksha Manju Prasad & Avika Sagwal 6-1, 6-4; Petia Arshinkova & Gergana Topalova (Bul) bt Jennifer Luikham & Mihika Yadav 6-4, 6-2; Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (Swe) & Melanie Klaffner (Aut) bt Dan Ni Wang (Chn) & Sowjanya Bavisetti 2-6, 6-4, [19-17]; Evgeniya Burdina (Rus) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Dakshata Patel & Vanshita Pathania 6-2, 6-0.
Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) & Valeriya Strakhova (Ukr) bt Prathiba Narayan Prasad & Soha Sadiq 6-2, 6-1 .
