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Sanaa stretched

PUNE : Qualifier Kelsey Sundaram stretched the champion of last week Sanaa Bhambri to three sets in the first round of the NECC $10,000 ITF women's tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana courts here on Tuesday.

Wild card Rashmi Teltumbe, the National sub-junior champion, had a fortuitous entry into the pre-quarterfinals as the third-seeded Rushmi Chakravarthi retired after one game with a strained shoulder.

The results:

Singles (first round): Isha Lakhani bt Asha Nandakumar 6-2, 6-2; Sasirin Borwonchok (Tha) bt Vishika Chhetri 6-2, 6-0; Tara Iyer bt Krushmi Chheda 6-4, 6-2; Rashmi Teltumbe bt Rushmi Chakravarthi 1-0 (retired); Sanaa Bhambri bt Kelsey Sundaram (US) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1; Janaki Gunuganti bt Liza Pereira 6-2, 6-1; Meghha Vakaria bt Madhura Ranganathan 6-0, 6-0; Elizaveta Tochilovskaya (Rus) bt Parul Goswami 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Geeta Manohar and LIza Pereira bt Kelsey Sudnaram (US) and Janaki Gunuganti 6-4, 6-4; Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) and Isha Lakhani bt Sai Jayalakshmy and Archana Venkataraman 6-4, 6-1; Nudgnadda Wannasuk (Tha) and Madhura Ranganathan bt Ashmita Easwaramurthi and Sandri Gangothri 6-7 (2), 6-0, 6-2; Amina Rakhim (Kaz) and Elizaveta Tochilovskaya (Rus) bt Parija Maloo and Poojashree VEnkatesh 6-2, 6-2. — Special Correspondent

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