Kristina Dmitruk made the semifinals of the ITF girls’s tennis match in Gurugram on Friday.
| Photograph Credit score: Kamesh Srinivasan
Kristina Dmitruk continued to say the flexibility of her sport as she eased previous Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-0, 6-3 within the quarterfinals of the $30,000 ITF girls’s tennis match on the Tennis Challenge, Baliyawas, on Friday.
Fifth seed Kristina stroked with appreciable acumen, as she moved her opponent round with admirable selection when it comes to depth and velocity, to drive the submission.
After such strong performances within the first two rounds when she beat Shruti Ahlawat and Sahaja Yamalapalli, dropping seven video games in all, it was an anticlimactic exit for Vaidehi. A honest scholar of the sport, two-time nationwide champion Vaidehi will proceed to get higher with such matches.
The opposite Indian within the quarterfinals, Zeel Desai took time to settle into her rhythm and thus couldn’t compete in addition to she confirmed within the later a part of the match in opposition to second seed Ekaterina Makarova.
Though she managed to win solely six video games, Zeel was in a position to match her opponent stroke for stroke within the second half of the match.
Makarova will face Antonia Schmidt of Germany within the semifinals. The opposite semifinal will likely be between Kristina, and the Japanese qualifier Ikumi Yamazaki who saved a match level with a superb backhand winner to beat compatriot Haruka Kaji, the fourth seed, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 in a battle of wits that lasted 4 hours and two minutes.
Makarova and Ekaterina Reyngold beat Shrivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi 6-2, 6-4 within the doubles semifinals, thus wiping out the Indian problem. Polina Iatcenko and Mariia Tkacheva made the ultimate with a tough fought 7-6(4), 7-6(7) win over the Japanese Rinon Okuwaki and Michika Ozeki.
The outcomes:
Quarterfinals: Kristina Dmitruk bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-0, 6-3; Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) bt Haruka Kaji (Jpn) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5; Antonia Schmidt (Ger) bt Polina Iatcenko 6-4, 6-2; Ekaterina Makarova bt Zeel Desai 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles (semifinals): Polina Iatcenko & Mariia Tkacheva bt Rinon Okuwaki & Michika Ozeki (Jpn) 7-6(4), 7-6(7); Ekaterina Makarova & Ekaterina Reyngold bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-2, 6-4.
Printed – March 07, 2025 07:29 pm IST
