Rutuja Bhosale in singles quaterfinals and boubles semifinals in australia

Qualifier Rutuja Bhosale continued with her good game and knocked out fourth seed Su Jeong Jang of Korea 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Australia on Wednesday.

Rutuja made the doubles semifinals as well with Shilin Xu of China.

In a similar tournament in Lagos, Nigeria, Pranjala Yadlapalli beat National champion Riya Bhatia 6-4, 6-4 to make the quarterfinals.

In the men’s Futures in Nigeria, Aryan Goveas reached the quarterfinals.

In the Challenger in Mexico, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in partnership with Marcelo Arevalo of Estonia reached the quarterfinals with a 6-2, 7-6(5) victory over ADrian Menendez-Maceiras and Mark Vervoort.

The results:

$150,000 Challenger men, Monterrey, Mexico
Doubles (pre-quarterfianls): Marcelo ARevalo (Esa) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (Esp) & Mark Vervoort (Ned) 6-2, 7-6(5).

$25,000 ITF women, Brisbane, Australia
Singles (first round): Rutuja Bhosale bt Su Jeong Jang (Kor) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Shilin Xu (Chn) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Gabriela Da Silva Fick & Sara Tomic (Aus) 6-2, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF women, Lagos, Nigeria
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Riya Bhatia 6-4, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Singles (first round): Valeriya Denisenko (Rus) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Emilie Lindh (GBR) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Gaia Squarcialupi & Maria Vittoria Viviani (Ita) 6-0, 6-1.

$25,000 ITF men, Lagos, Nigeria
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Goveas bt Diego Matos (Bra) 6-3 (retired); Niki Poonacha bt Alexis Klegou (Ben) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3.