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Rutuja Overcomes Fever, Smriti To Enter Pre-quarterfinals At ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour
World Tennis Tour: India’s Rutuja Bhosale, playing her first professional event after her Asian Games gold medal, struggled with her health before scraping past her younger opponent Smriti Bhasin to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour.
In a first-round match, the third seed emerged a 6-4, 7-5 winner over Smriti.
The other seeded players also advanced to the last 16 stage with top seed Nigina Abduraimova of Uzbekistan registering a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Ekaterina Yashina while second seed Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand breezed past host country’s Sharmada Balu 6-0, 6-1. Fifth seed Zhibek Kulambayeva faced a bit of resistance from Tanisha Kashyap before winning in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. Thailand’s Punnin Kovapitukted, seeded eighth, almost blanked Saumya Vig 6-0, 6-1. IN a notable result of the day, Pranjala Yadlapalli coming back into action after 20 months, showed that she hadn’t lost the touch while vanquishing Vanshita Pathania in straight sets 6-1, 6-0.
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