India’s Maaya Rajeshwaran powered into the singles semifinal of the Mumbai Open 125 tennis event on Friday.
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India’s 15-year-old Maaya Rajeshwaran roared into her first WTA semifinal, knocking out Japan’s Mei Yamaguchi 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 within the L&T Mumbai Open 125 on the Cricket Membership of India right here on Friday.
Yamaguchi began aggressively, mixing robust forehands with intelligent slices and raced to a 2-0 lead. She continued to use strain with highly effective baseline winners to stretch the result in 3-1. Maaya fought again with an ace and a stupendous drop shot to stage the rating.
A slew of errors undid the Japanese after an early interval of dominance, which Maaya capitalised on to seize the primary set by breaking her opponent within the tenth recreation.
Within the second, the 25-year-old hammered down a number of aces on the best way to a 3-2 lead. Maaya responded with a exact backhand down the road to stage the rating. Yamaguchi then received three consecutive video games to ship the match right into a decider.
After dropping the primary recreation of the ultimate set, Maaya received 5 straight video games to go away her opponent gasping. She later sealed the match with an excellent forehand winner to arrange a semifinal conflict in opposition to fifth-seeded Jil Teichmann of Switzerland.
Earlier, India’s Shrivalli Bhamidipaty misplaced to Teichmann 2-6, 2-6 in her quarterfinal.
In doubles, India’s Prarthana Thombare partnering Arianne Hartono entered the ultimate with an exhilarating 2-6, 6-4, [10-2] win over Eden Silva and Anastasia Tikhonava.
Different outcomes:
Singles (quarterfinals): Rebecca Marino (Can) bt Mai Hontama (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt Lanlana Tararudee (Tha) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Amina Anshba & Elena Pridankina bt Alicia Barnett (GBr) & Rutuja Bhosale 6-4, 6-3; Nicole Fossa Huergo (Ita) & Camilla Rosatello (Ita) bt Shrivalli Bhimadipaty & Riya Bhatia 6-3, 6-3.
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