Karman downs Prarthana

Karman Kaur Thandi outclassed the second-seeded Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the $10,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament here on Monday.

Karman led 4-2 in both sets, breaking Prarthana in the first game of the first set and the sixth game of the second, before cruising to victory.

Karman had only two aces but won 90 per cent of points on her first serve and 72 per cent on her second. Karman dropped only eight points on her serve, apart from six double faults.

The results: Singles (first round): Kanami Tsuji (Jpn) bt Bhuvana Kalva 6-3, 6-4; Karman Kaur Thandi bt Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nicha Lertpitaksinchai and Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) bt Sai Samhitha and Eetee Maheta 6-2, 6-2; Rushmi Chakravarthi and Natasha Palha bt Vaniya Dangwal and Shreya Pasricha 6-1, 6-0; Abbie Myers (Aus) and Shweta Rana bt Mahitha Dadi Reddy and Bhuvana Kalva 6-0, 3-6, 10-5; Kim Dabin (Kor) and Rutuja Bhosale bt Amrita Mukherjee and Vanshika Sawhney 6-2, 6-3; Sharon Sanchana Paul and Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy bt Arnatxa Andrady and Teertha Iska 6-2, 7-5; Wang Xi-Yao (Chn) and Sharrmadaa Baluu bt Likitha Shetty and Vasanti Shinde 6-1, 5-7, 10-6; Han Sung-Hee (Kor) and Nidhi Chilumula bt Ojasvinee Singh and Karman Kaur Thandi 6-4, 6-2; Rishika Sunkara and Prarthana Thombare bt He Chun-Yan (Chn) and Riya Bhatia 6-3, 6-1.

Qualifying event (third and final round): Rushmi Chakravarthi bt Vasavi Ganesan 6-0, 6-1; Abbie Myers bt Arantxa Andrady 7-6(2), 7-6(2); Yukina Saigo (Jpn) bt Arushi Bhasin 6-1, 6-0; Amrita Mukherjee bt Teertha Iska 6-4, 6-3; Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy bt Jennifer Luikham 6-2, 6-1; Sai Samhitha bt Vaniya Dangwal 6-1, 6-3; Damini Sharma bt Preethi Ujjini 6-1, 6-4; Vanshika Sawhney bt Likitha Shetty 6-3, 6-4.