Riya Bhatia beats Anna Morgina in Solapur Open $25,000 tennis

Two-time national champion Riya Bhatia beat Anna Morgina of Russia 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Oasis Solapur Open $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament on Monday.
Rutuja Bhosale also progressed into the pre-quarterfinals as Ya-Hsuan Lee of Chinese Taipei reitred when the Indian led 6-5 in the first round.

The results:
Singles (first round): Mariam Bolkvadze (GEO) bt Katarzyna Kawa (Pol) 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-4; Rutuja Bhosale bt Ya-Hsuan Lee (TPE) 6-5 (retired); Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) bt Kaylah Mcphee (AUS) 6-2, 7-6(7); Riya Bhatia bt Anna Morgina (RUS) 6-4, 6-3; Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) bt Mihika yaav 6-3, 6-3; Deniz Khazaniuk (ISR) bt Julie Gervais (FRA) 6-1, 6-0; Kai-Lin Zhang (CHN) bt Amina Anshba (RUS) 6-0, 6-3; Marina Melnikova (RUS) bt Gozal Ainitdinova (KAZ) 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sarah Beth Grey (GBR) & Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) bt Paula Cristina Goncalves (BRA) & Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE) 7-6(3), 3-6, 10-6; Eden Silva (GBR) & Erika Vogelsang (NED) bt Riya Bhatia & Zeel Desai 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-8; Sharon Fichman (CAN) & Katarzyna Piter (POL) bt Ho Ching wu (HKG) & Snehal Mane 6-0, 6-0; Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) & Aleksandrina Naydenova (BUL) bt Beatrice Gumulya (INA) & Ana Veselinovic (MNE) 5-7, 6-2, 10-8.