Indian Challenge ended with wildcards Sahaja Yamalapalli and Shrivalli Bhamidipathy going down in the second round of singles , while Rutuja Bhosale remained in contention in the doubles event reaching the semifinals at the 24th edition of NECC Deccan 75K ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament organized by Deccan Gymkhana and sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA and played at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts
In the second round singles top seeded Leolia Jeanjean of France got past a fighting Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-4, 6-3 while third seeded Panna Udvardy of Hungary prevailed over Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty 7-6(2), 6-2 . Bhamidipathy showed promise in the first set leading 4-2 but couldn’t hold on to the lead going down
Rutuja Bhosale in partnership with Britain’s Alicia Barnett scored a easy 6-2, 6-3 win over Britain’s Yuriko Lily Miyazaki and Leichestien’s Kathinka Von Deichmann to enter the doubles semifinals and keep up the Indian Interest in the event.
Results: Main Draw: Singles: Second Round:
Leolia Jeanjean (Fra) [1] bt Sahaja Yamalapalli (Ind)6-4, 6-3;
Panna Udvardy (Hun) [3] bt Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (Ind) 7-6(2), 6-2;
Kathinka Von Deichmann (Lie) [4] bt Fangran Tian (Chn)6-3, 6-2;
Laura Pigossi (Bra) [5] bt Tina Nadine Smith (Aus) 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-4;
Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (Gbr) [6] bt Anastasia Tikhonova 2-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(0);
Elena Pridankina [7] bt Lina Glushko (Isr) 6-4, 6-4;
Tatiana Prozorova bt Emina Bektas (Usa) [8] 6-2, 6-3;
Iryna Shymanovich bt Camilla Rosatello (Ita)6-4, 0-6, 6-4;
Doubles: Quarterfinal Round:
Eden Silva (Gbr) /Anastasia Tikhonova [1] bt Lina Glushko (Isr) /Aleksandra Krunic (Srb)3-6, 6-2 [10-8]
Alevtina Ibragimova /Elena Pridankina [4] bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) /Naho Sato (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2;
Maria Kozyreva [2] /Iryna Shymanovich bt Alice Robbe (Fra) /Tina Nadine Smith (Aus) 3-6 6-3 [10-7]
Alicia Barnett (Gbr) /Rutuja Bhosale (Ind) bt Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (Gbr) /Kathinka Von Deichmann (Lie) 6-2, 6-3;