Sowjanya beats third seed in Thailand

Sowjanya Bavisetti knocked out third seed Aunchisa Chanta of Thailand 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand, on Tuesday.

In the pre-quarterfinals, Sowjanya will play compatriot Zeel Desai who bounced back from a slow start to beat Alana Parnaby of Australia 4-6, 7-5, 6-0.

The results:

$25,000 ITF women, Tianjin, China
Qualifying singles (first round): Dan Ni Wang (CHN) bt Jennifer Luikham 6-2, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand
Singles (first round): Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Aunchisa Chanta (THA) 6-1, 6-3; Punnin Kovapitukted (THA) bt Snehal Mane 6-1, 6-1; Zeel Desai bt Alana Parnaby (AUS) 4-6, 7-5, 6-0.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (THA) & Zeel Desai bt Sunam Jeong & Da Hye Kim (KOR) 7-5, 6-3; Mana Kawamura & Hemeno Sakatsume (JPN) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti & Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi 6-2, 6-1.

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Zhuoma Ni Ma (CHN) bt Natasha Palha 6-3, 1-6, [11-9]; Nana Kawagishi (JPN) bt Sravya Shivani 6-4, 6-1; Pareen Shivekar bt Chie Kezuka (JPN) 6-2, 6-4; Robu Kajitani (JPN) bt Saumya Vig 6-0, 6-0.

First round: Natasha Palha bt Nakisa Djamshidi (AUS) 4-6, 6-1, [10-7]; Sravya Shivani bt Dolavee Tumthong (Tha) 5-5 (retired); Pareen Shivekar bt Zara Brankovic (AUS) 2-6, 6-2, [13-11]; Saumya Vig bt Keira Jirasook (USA) 2-6, 6-3, [10-6].

(Courtesy: The Hindu)