Ankita Raina storms into second round

Ankita Raina outplayed Mana Kawamura of Japan 6-0, 6-1 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Kofu, Japan, on Tuesday.

In the ITF women’s event in Tel Aviv, Zeel Desai fought her way past Noa Liauw A Fong of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-4.

The results:

$15,000 ITF men, Mornington, Australia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aaron Addison (Aus) & Karunuday Singh bt Jayden Court & Tom Evans (Aus) 6-3, 5-7, [10-5].

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Marat Deviatiarov (UKR) & Jakub Paul (SUI) bt SD Prajwal Dev & Adil Kalyanpur 6-2, 6-4; Daniel Michalski & Kacper Zuk (POL) bt Robert Strombachs (GER) & Aryan Goveas 7-6(4), 6-7(11), [10-6].

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Haadin Bava bt Emiliano Maggioli (ITA) 6-3, 7-5; Adil Kalyanpur bt Luka Pavlovic (FRA) 6-1, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Antalya, Turkey
Singles (first round): Nitin Kumar Sinha bt David Juras (SVK) 6-1, 6-1.

$25,000 ITF women, Canberra, Australia
Qualifying singles (second and final round): Romy Koelzer (GER) bt Mahak Jain 6-3, 7-5.

$25,000 ITF women, Mofu, Japan
Singles (first round): Ankita Raina bt Mana Kawamura (JPN) 6-0, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nadia Gilchrist (USA) & Louise Kwong (CAN) bt Alisa Axyanova (RUS) & Sai Samhitha 6-2, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Tel Aviv, Israel
Singles (first round): Zeel Desai bt Noa Liauw A Fong (NED) 6-4, 6-4.