Top seed Ana Veselinovic from Montenegro went down to Kanika Vaidya of India. The third day of $15000 ITF Women’s Tennis Tournament being played at Arera Club was all about surprises.
Ana Veselinovic, the top seed in the tournament lost to Kanika Vaidya by 3-6 in the first set and then conceded the match 0-4 trailing the second seed being played with injury in second round of the tournament.
Zeel Desai from India beat the fourteen seed Bunyawi Thamchaiwat of Thailand 6-2, 6-3. Dhruti Tatachar Venugopal (India) beat sixth seed Rutuja Bhosle by 6-3, 6-0 points. Riya Bhatia (India) beat third seed Pranjala Yadlapalli (India) by 7-5, 6-2 points.
Prerna Bhambri in a grueling three set spanning three rounds after losing the first set. She won by 5-7, scored 7-6 in tie break and 6-4 against the eighth seed Nudnida luangnam of Thailand.
Emily Webley-Smith (Great Britain) seeded 7th lost the first set to Monica Robinson (USA) 3-6, but recovered to take the second third 6-0, 6-1 and moved to quarter finals.
In singles event Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) beat Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (India) by 6-3, 6-1points. Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Thailand) beat Zeel Desai (India) 6-2, 6-3. Dhruti Tatachar Venugupal (India) beat Rutuja Bhosale (India) 6-3, 6-0. Kanika Vaidya (India) beat Ana Veselinovic (Montenegro) 6-3, 4-0. Riya Bhatia (India) beat Pranjala Yadlapalli (India) 7-5, 6-2. Emily Webley-Smith (Great Britain) beat Monica Robinson (USA) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1. Freya Christie (Great Britain) beat Sowjanya Bavisetti (India) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Besides, in doubles match Tereza Mihalikova (Slovakia) and Ana Veselinovic (Montenegro) beat Nidhi Chilumula and Snehadevi S Reddy (India) by 6-0, 6-1 points.Freya Christie (Great Britain) and Alvina Khabibulina (Uzbekistan) beat Rutuja Bhosale and Zeel Desai (India) 7-6(3), 2-6 [10-7] points.
Kanika Vaidya (India) and Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Netherlands) beat Sowjanya Bavisetti and Rishika Sunkara (India) by 6-0, 6-2 points. Emily Webley-Smith (Great Britain) and Pranjala Yadlapalli (India) beat Sai Samhitha Chamarthi and Shweta Chandra Rana (India) by 6-2, 6-2.