Qualifier Akanksha ousts second seed Cirez

Akanksha…massive scalp.
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Qualifier Akanksha Nitture knocked out the second seed Carlota Cirez of Spain 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 within the second spherical of the $40,000 ITF girls’s tennis event on the Ahmedabad Tennis Basis courts on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old Akanksha served effectively and transformed her third match level in a protracted drawn twelfth sport of the decider on the Spaniard’s serve to clinch her place within the third spherical.

It was a welcome return to good type for Akanksha who had didn’t win a match within the first three worldwide tournaments of the season to this point. Actually, she had managed to win ten video games in all.

Earlier than assembly the second seed, Akanksha had not dropped a set in three matches within the present event. She’s going to play compatriot Vaidehi Chaudhari within the pre-quarterfinals.

Ankita Raina beat Funa Kozaki of Japan for the lack of seven video games to arrange a 3rd spherical towards Sohyun Park of Korea.

Shrivalli Bhamidipaty needed to battle her well beyond Humera Baharmus in three units to arrange her third spherical match towards fifth seed Haruka Kaji of Japan.

The nation’s greatest ranked participant, Sahaja Yamalapalli, misplaced her manner after successful the primary set towards Francesca Tempo of Italy.

The outcomes:

Singles (second spherical): Arino Rodionova (Aus) bt Akiko Omae (Jpn) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Polina Iatcenko bt Anjali Rathi 6-2, 6-3; Francesca Tempo (Ita) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Amandine Hesse (Fra) bt Smriti Bhasin 6-3, 6-3; Anastasia Gureva bt Mei Yamaguchi (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4; antonia Schmidt (Ger) bt Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) 7-6(11), 7-5; Daria Kudashova bt Zeel Desai 6-1, 6-1; Mariia Tkacheva bt Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4; Ankita Raina bt Funa Kozaki (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Sohyun Park (Kor) bt Kanako Morisaki (Jpn) 6-3, 6-1; Ekaterina Reyngold bt Clara Vlasselaer (Bel) 6-3 (retired); Maria Golovina bt Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-4; Haruka Kaji (Jpn) bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-0, 6-2; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Humera Baharmus 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Honoka Kobayashi (Jpn) 6-1, 6-3; Akanksha Nitture bt Carlota Cirez (Esp) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Ekaterina Yashina bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) & Francesca Tempo (Ita) 7-5, 2-6, [10-4]; Ankita Raina & Vaishnavi Adkar bt Priyanshi Bhandari & Anjali Rathi 6-3, 6-1; Michika Ozeki (Jpn) & Sohyun Park (Kor) bt Pranjala Yadlapalli & Sahaja Yamalapalli 5-7, 6-3, [10-6]; Zeel Desai & Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) bt Daria Kudashova & Kira Pavlova 6-1, 6-3; Bunyawi Thamchaiwat & Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) bt Polina Iatcenko & Maria Tkacheva 6-2, 6-4; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Aarushi Raval & Saily Thakkar 6-1, 6-0; Akiko Omae & Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) bt Pooja Ingale & Soha Sadiq 6-0, 6-1; Ekaterina Makarova & Ekaterina Reyngold bt Funa KOzaki & Kanako Morisaki (Jpn) 1-6, 7-6(4), [11-9].