Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudee superior to the second spherical of the L&T Mumbai Open WTA 125 with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 victory over India’s Sahaja Yamalapalli on the Cricket Membership of India on Monday.
India No. 1 Sahaja started nicely, successful the opening recreation in fast time. Nonetheless, Tararudee rapidly bounced again, capitalising on Sahaja’s errors. The Thai’s highly effective returns and exact forehands helped her take a 3-1 lead.
Sahaja responded with a stable baseline recreation to make the scoreline 3-2. After a marathon sixth recreation which lasted greater than quarter-hour, Sahaja equalised. The Indian, nonetheless, couldn’t maintain the momentum and Tararudee regained management to take the set 6-3.
Within the second, Sahaja adopted a method of taking part in nearer to the online, catching Tararudee off-guard. Regardless of falling behind, she broke her opponent’s serve and went on to degree the match.
The decider noticed Tararudee shift gears. Her well-placed volleys typically caught a drained Sahaja on the improper foot because the World No. 175 raced to the end.
Earlier within the day, the top-seeded German Tatjana Maria, a semifinalist at Wimbledon 2022, needed to withdraw earlier than her opening spherical match in opposition to Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic due to sickness.
Croatia’s Petra Marcinko took her place however Krunic knocked her out in straight units.
The outcomes (first spherical): Rebecca Marino (Can) bt Sara Bejlek (Cze) 6-0, 6-2; Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) 6-3, 6-1; Aleksandra Krunic (Srb) bt Petra Marcinko (Cro) 6-4, 6-2; Lanlana Tararudee (Tha) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Printed – February 04, 2025 12:16 am IST
