Ankita leads Indians exit

Harriet Dart of Great Britain Toppled fourth seeded  and 231 ranked Varatchaya Wongteanchai  of Thailand   while  Qualifier Ching –Wen Hsu of Taipei upset top Indian player and  fifth seeded Ankita Raina ,   to enter the second round of the    $25000 Endurance Aurangabad Open Women’s 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 first round matches Dart ranked 430 broke in the 11^th game in the first set and the 3^rd game of the second set to topple the 231 ranked and the fourth seed here Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand in 2 hours and 25 minutes. Qualifier and 505 ranked   Ching-Wen Hsu of Taipei  shocked top ranked Indian and 242 ranked  Ankita Raina seeded fifth here  7-6 (6), 6-2 in a 2 hour 7 minute match.

Both players held on till 6-6 but Ankita Missed a forehand at 5-5 in the tiebreak and led the qualifier surge ahead to capture the set. In the second set Ankita looked jaded and went down 4-1 and could not make a comeback losing the set tamely Hsu also proved to be Ankita’s Nemesis ending her challenge in the doubles  event too ,  Hsu partnering country mate  Pei-Chi Lee            ousted the second seeded pair of  Raina and  Emily Webley –Smith  5-7 7-5 10-8 Katy Dunne Britian outplayed qualifier Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy 6-4, 6-3, while winner of the title here last year Dalila Jakupovic of Slovakia scored an identical win over  Snehadevi S Reddy  to make  it round two  . Top seeded Magda Linette proved too strong for India No 2  Prarthana G. Thombare winning 6-3,6     in less than 2 hours.

Following are the results Singles  ( First Round)

284 Katy DUNNE (GBR) bt   (Q )Sri Vaishnavi PEDDI REDDY (IND) 6-4,6-3

430 Harriet DART (GBR) bt  231 Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI (THA) [4] 7-5,6-4

Riko SAWAYANAGI (JPN) [6] bt Cristina ENE (ROU) 2-6,6-0,6-2

Xinyun HAN (CHN) [8] bt Britt GEUKENS (BEL) 6-2, 6-2

367 Dalila JAKUPOVIC (SLO) bt  (LL)  Snehadevi S REDDY (IND) 6-4,6-3

(Q)  Ching-Wen HSU (TPE) vs.  242 Ankita RAINA (IND) [5] 7-6 (6), 6-2

Magda LINETTE (POL) [1]  bt  Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 6-3, 7-5;

Doubles  ( First Round)

Ya-Hsuan LEE / Varatchaya WONGTEANCHAI [3] bt Natasha PALHA / Rishika SUNKARA   6-3 6-2

Kai-Lin ZHANG / Yukun ZHANG  bt Bhuvana KALVA / Rashmi TELTUMBDE              6-3,6- 0

 Ching-Wen HSU / Pei-Chi LEE    bt            Ankita RAINA / Emily WEBLEY-SMITH [2] 5-7 7-5 10-8

 Nidhi CHILUMULA / Prarthana G. THOMBARE bt Snehadevi S REDDY /  Dhruthi  Venugopal 5-7 6-3 10-6