Qualifier and 842 ranked Bhuvna Kalva and 579 ranked wildcard entrant Rishika Sunkara made it to the second round of the $ 25000 Endurance Aurangabad Open Womens ITF Championships which is being organized by the EMMTC under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and the MSLTA at the EMMTC tennis courts here .
In the opening round the Hyderabad girl Kalva scored a credible 1-6,7-5,6-4 win over world no 396 Great Britain's Naomi Cavaday in a match lasting nearly 3 hours. Kalva came back from 1-3 deficit in the decider set to register a win . Fed Cupper and 579th ranked Rishika Sunkara who made it to the event as a wildcard , gave a lesson in tennis to 16 year old wildcard Mihika Yadav winning 6-2,6-4 in 1 hour and 45 minutes to ensure a last 16 spot .
In another singles match Ya Hsuan Lee of Taipei ranked 399 snuffed out a challenge of experienced Brit Emily ranked 299 in the world winning 7-6,6-1 in 2 hours and 5 minutes .
Following are the results :
Singles ( First Round)
Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE) bt Emily Webley-Smithy (GBR) 7-6,6-1
Bhuvana Kalva (IND) bt Naomi Cavaday (GBR) 1-6,7-5,6-4
Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Mihika Yadav (IND) 6-2,6-4
Doubles ( First Round)
Xinyun HAN (CHN) / Riko SAWAYANAGI (JPN) [1] bt Victoria Muntean (FRA) / Shweta Rana (IND) 7-5,6-4
Estelle CASCINO (FRA) / Katharina LEHNERT (PHI) bt Sai Samhitha CHAMARTHI (IND) / Etee Mehata 6-2,6-3
Tadeja MAJERIC (SLO) [4] / Conny PERRIN (SUI) bt Arantxa ANDRADY (IND) / Khristina BLAJKEVITCH (CAN)6-0, 6-2;
Nidhi CHILUMULA (IND) / Prarthana G. THOMBARE (IND) bt Snehadevi S REDDY (IND) / Dhruthi TATACHAR VENUGOPAL (IND)5-7, 6-3, 10-6;
Kai-Lin ZHANG (CHN) / Yukun ZHANG (CHN) bt Bhuvana KALVA (IND) / Rashmi TELTUMBDE (IND)6-3, 6-0