The second day of the $ 15000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament saw the emergence of Indian duo Nidhi Chilumula and Snehadevi S Reddy by defeating Monica Robinson and Zoe Gwen Scandalis of USA by 7-6 (5), 7-5 points.
The match was evenly poised but Indian players took the lead and clinched the second set. In another singles match Sara Yadav (India) took the fight to very high level before losing to Riya Bhatia by 4-6, 2-6.
Besides, here on Tuesday Court no 2 witnessed a big fight in the tie breaker of the first set between Nudnida luangnam (Thailand) and Rishika Sunkara (India) which ultimately culminated in favaour of Thailand girl 12-10 and then she took the match by 7-6, 6-0 points. In super tie break Sai Samhitha Chamarthi and Shweta Chandra Rana (India) beat Riya Bhatia and Dhruti Tatachar Venugopal by 6-2, 2-6, 10-5 points.
Moreover, in the first round of the main event, Rutuja Bhosale (India) defeated Zoe Gwen Scandalis (USA) by 7-6, 6-3 points.
Ana Veselinovic (MNE) beat Snehadevi S Reddy (India) 6-3, 6-4. Riya Bhatia (India) beat Sara Yadav (India) 6-4, 4-2. Monica Robinson (USA) beat Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (India) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, Nudnida luangnam (Thailand) beat Rishika Sunkara (India) 7-6, 6-0. Emily Webley-Smith (Great Britain) beat Albinak Khabibulina (Uzbekistan) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Prerna Bhambri (India) beat Shweta Chandra Rana (India) 6-2, 6-1. Pranjala Yadlapalli (India) beat Yubarani Banerjee (India) 6-3, 6-3.
Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) beat Bhuvana Kalava (India) 7-5, 6-4. In doubles: Nidhi Chamarthi and Snehadevi S Reddy (India) beat Monica Robinson and Zoe Gwen Scandalis (USA) 7-6, 7-5. Sai Samhitha Chamarthi and Shweta Chandra Rana (IND) beat Riya Bhatia and Dhruti Tatachar Venugopal 6-2, 2-6, 10-5. Kanika Vaidya (India) and Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Netherlands) beat Yaburani Banerjee and Vanshita Pathania (India) 6-2, 6-1. Pranjala Yadlapalli (India) and Emily Webley-Smith (Great Britain) beat Nithya Raj Babu Raj and Saumya Vig (India) hy 6-2, 6-0 points.