Mahak Jain bows out in first round

Two-time National champion Mahak Jain found Amina Anshba’s game too hot to handle and was beaten 6-2, 6-0 by the 373rd Russian in the first round of the IWTC $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday.

In doubles, Riya Bhatia in partnership with Sandra Samir of Egypt reached the quarterfinals, past the Koreans, Choi Ji-Hee and Kim Na Ri, to face the top seeds Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway and Valeria Savinykh of Russia.

The results:

Singles (first round): Nudnida Luangnam (THA) & Risa Ushijima (JPN) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Amina Anshba (RUS) bt Mahak Jain 6-2, 6-0; Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) bt Daria Mishina (RUS) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Jeong Sunam (KOR) bt Shailmar Talbi (BLR) 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) & Valeria Savinykh (RUS) bt Nefisa Berberovic (BIH) & Victoria Muntean (FRA) 6-1, 6-1; Sandra Samir (EGY) & Riya Bhatia bt Choi Ji-Hee & Kim Na Ri (KOR) 6-4, 4-6, [10-4]; Pei-Chi Lee & Fang-Hsien Wu (TPE) bt Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) & Valeriya Strakhova (UKR) 2-6, 7-5, [10-4]; Jia-Qi Kang (CHN) & Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) bt Ekaterina Yashina (RUS) & Prarthana Thombare 2-6, 6-3, [10-8]; Amina Anshba (RUS) & Diana Marcinkevica (LAT) bt Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi & Akanksha Nitture 6-2, 6-3.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)