Rutuja, Vaidehi, Zeel in quarterfinals of $ 25,000 KPIT –MSLTA ITF WTT Cup tennis championships

Three Indians – fourth seeded and local favourite Rutuja Bhosale, seventh seeded Zeel Desai and Wildcard Vaidehi Chaudhari – entered the singles quarterfinals  of the $ 25,000 KPIT–MSLTA  ITF WTT Cup tennis championships organized by MSLTA in association with Deccan Gymkhana and played on the Deccan Gymkhana tennis courts.

In the second round matches, local favorite Rutuja Bhosale ended the good run of qualifier Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi  6-1, 6-3  in 1 hour 10 minutes.

Seventh seeded  Zeel Desai  continued to impress as she came back from the loss of first set to end the challenge of Billie Jean King Cup player Sowjanya Bavisetti  4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in a  2 hour 17 minutes battle.

Vaidehi Chaudhari justified the organizers faith in awarding her a wild card stopping giant killer Soha Sadiq 6-4,6-2 and enter her first quarterfinals at this level.

In other matches  third seeded Laura Pigossi of Brazil but settled in Spain outplayed  qualifier Nidhi Chilumula  6-0, 6-3, seasoned sixth seeded Emily Webley-Smith of Great Britain  tackled  a young Jasmin Jebawy of Germany 6-4, 6-3.

Eighth seeded and former top 100 player Irina Khromacheva proved a bit strong for  Mihika Yadav  securing a  6-2, 6-2 win , while second seeded Miriam Bianca Bulgaru Romania  served out  Ramya Natarajan  6-3, 6-1.

Fifth seeded  Marianna Zakarlyuk  of Ukraine didnt spend much time on the court as her opponent  Pia Lovric Slovenia conceded with the scores at  3-1

Following are the results:
Singles: Second(Main Draw) Round:

Vaidehi Chaudhari (Ind) bt Soha Sadiq(Ind) 6-4, 6-2
Emily Webley-Smith (Gbr) [6] Bt Jasmin Jebawy (Ger)6-4, 6-3;
Laura Pigossi (Bra) [3]Bt Nidhi Chilumula (Ind) 6-0, 6-3;.
Zeel Desai (Ind) [7] Bt Sowjanya Bavisetti (Ind) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2;
Marianna Zakarlyuk (Ukr) [5] W/O Pia Lovric (Slo) 3-1 Conceded;
Rutuja Bhosale (Ind) [4] Bt Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi (Ind) 6-1, 6-3;
Irina Khromacheva (Rus) [8] Bt Mihika Yadav (Ind) 6-2, 6-2;
Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (Rou) [2] Bt Ramya Natarajan (Ind) 6-3, 6-1;

Doubles: Quarterfinals :
Rutuja Bhosale (Ind) / Emily Webley-Smith (Gbr) [1]  bt  Humera Baharmus (Ind) / Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (Ind)     6-1,6-2;
Riya Bhatia (Ind) [2] / Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (Rou) bt  Nidhi Chilumula (Ind) / Saumya Vig (Ind) 6-4, 6-2;
Pia Lovric (Slo) / Adrienn Nagy (Hun) [4] bt  Jennifer Luikham (Ind) / Mihika Yadav (Ind) 6-2,6-2
Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (Ind) / Bhuvana Kalva (Ind) Vs. Sowjanya Bavisetti (Ind) [3] / Prarthana G. Thombare (Ind)6-4, 6-2