Solapur, December 10: Second-seeded Sahaja Yamalapalli and Vaishnavi Adkar were the two Indian players to advance to the second round of the singles at the Oasis Solapur Open MSLTA–SDLTA $25K ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament. The event is being organized by the Solapur District Lawn Tennis Association (SDLTA) in association with MSLTA and is being held at the MSLTA Tennis Center, Solapur.
Defending champion Sahaja Yamalapalli proved far too strong for qualifier Ishwari Matere, handing her a double bagel with a commanding 6-0, 6-0 win. Meanwhile, Vaishnavi Adkar outplayed wildcard entrant Madhurima Sawant 6-0, 6-1, securing her spot in the round of sixteen.
Among other Indians in action, Thailand’s Bunyawi Thamchaiwat defeated Riya Bhatia 6-0, 6-3. Third-seeded Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah of France was given a tough fight by Pooja Ingale in the first set before prevailing 7-5, 6-2.
In doubles, the Indian pair of Smriti Bhasin and Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi caused a major upset by defeating the top-seeded duo of Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Greece) and Ekaterina Yashina (Russia) 6-4, 6-2 to enter the quarterfinals.
Results: Main Draw – First Round
Singles (Women’s):
- Vaishnavi Adkar (Ind) bt Madhurima Sawant (Ind) 6-0, 6-1
- Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) bt Riya Bhatia (Ind) 6-0, 6-3
- Sahaja Yamalapalli (Ind) [2] bt Ishwari Matere (Ind) 6-0, 6-0
- Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) bt Viktoria Morvayova (Svk) 6-4, 6-1
- Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (Fra) [3] bt Pooja Ingale (Ind) 7-5, 6-2
- Punnin Kovapitukted (Tha) bt Bela Tamhankar (Ind) 6-1, 6-1
- Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz) [4] bt Paavanii Paathak (Ind) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles:
- Smriti Bhasin (Ind) / Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi (Ind) bt Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Gre) / Ekaterina Yashina [1] 6-4, 6-2
- Viera Deeperm (Tha) / Madhurima Sawant (Ind) bt Sonal Patil (Ind) / Abhaya Vemuri (Ind) 6-1, 2-6, 10-8
- Ishwari Matere (Ind) / Yashaswini Panwar (Ind) bt Aakruti Sonkusare (Ind) / Sahira Singh (Ind) 7-6(7), 6-3
- Akanksha Dileep Nitture (Ind) / Soha Sadiq (Ind) bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) / Viktoria Morvayova (Svk) 6-0, 0-6, 10-7
- Zuzanna Pawlikowska (Pol) [2] / Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah (Fra) bt Maria Mikhailova (Isr) / Sofiia Nagornaia (Isr) 6-3, 6-2