14 year old phenom Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi started with a facile 6-1 6-2 win over much older Shefali Arora in the qualifying of the ITF W35 Indore Open. Playing on a wildcard, Maaya will take on Jennifer Luikham in a tough encounter next.

Other Indians to make it through to the next round of qualifying included (Indian unless specified otherwise):

Riya Uboveja d. (WC) Bela Tamhankar 6-4, 2-6, 10-8
Abhaya Vemuri d. Apurva Vemuri 6-4, 5-7, 10-5
Laalitya Kalluri d. Abhilasha Bista(NEP) 6-2, 7-5
Prathiba Narayan Prasad d. Vanshika Choudhary 2-6, 6-3, 10-7
(WC) Harshini Viswanadh d. Radhika Yadav 6-2, 6-2
Arthi Muniyan d. (WC) Purvika Jain 6-0, 6-1
(WC) Aditi Rawat d. Kashish Bhatia 2-6, 7-6(9), 10-4
Arunkumar Lakshmi Prabha d. Nidhitra Rajmohan 6-3, 6-2
Sonal Patil d. Yashaswini Panwar 6-3, 6-2
Anjali Rathi d. (WC) Rubitaa Rubita 6-0, 6-1
Kavya Khirwar d. Lakshmi Gowda 3-6, 6-3, 10-6
Sharmada Balu d. (WC) Sahira Singh 6-3, 6-4
Pooja Ingale d. Kundali Majgaine 6-4, 6-2

About the qualifying competition

The players will have to navigate 3 rounds of qualifying to make it to the main draw, which will contain 32 players overall (of which 8 are qualifier spots)