Indian pair of Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare registered an outstanding come-from-behind win to go into the doubles quarter-finals of the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open on the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
The no. The 2 seeded duo defeated the wildcard Indo-German pair of Sharmada Balu and Sarah Rebecca Sekulic 5-7, 6-3, 10-6 in an exciting Round-of-16 fit that lasted for on the subject of two hours.
The 3rd seeded Indo-Swedish pair of Rutuja Bhosale and Jacqueline Awad additionally complicated to the Last-8 degree after defeating Ji Hee Choi (South Korea) and Lee Ya-Hsuan (Taipei) 6-4, 6-2.
The on-going $40k event is a part of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour and it’s hosted through the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).
The all-Indian pair of Pragathi Narayan and Prathiba Narayan, however, exited within the Round-of-16 following a 4-6, 2-6 defeat in opposition to Anastasia Kovaleva and Hanna Vinahradava.
A an identical destiny used to be in retailer for any other all-Indian pair of Vaidehi Chaudhari and Shrivalli Rashmikaa who gave a difficult struggle to the fancied duo to Slovenia’s Dalilia Jakupovic, a former World No. 38, and Amandine Hesse of France ahead of taking place 6–7 (5), 7–5, 5–10.
Earlier, the event used to be inaugurated through Dr Ekroop Caur IAS, Secretary, Department of Finance (Budget), Government of Karnataka within the presence of the manager visitor KP Balaraj, Founder of KPB Family Trust at the side of Sunil Yajaman, Joint Secretary of KSLTA, and Peter Vijay Kumar, the Tournament Director.
Meanwhile, within the singles opening spherical, Japanese Ikumi Yamazaki surprised the 3rd seeded Sakura Hosogi 5-7, 3-6. Bengaluru woman Sharmada, a wild card entrant, on the other hand, misplaced to No. 8 seed Eden Silva of Britain 2-6, 4-6.