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NOIDA: Top seed Rushmi Chakravarthi recovered from the brink of defeat to outwit National Games champion Parul Goswami 2-6, 7-5, 6-0 in the first round of the Unitech ITF women’s tennis tournament at the Noida Sports Stadium here on Tuesday. The 29-year-old Rushmi with eight singles titles at this level, was staring at defeat two points away at 4-5 in the second set when she regrouped to outplay the 20-year-old. Once she got into her rhythm, Rushmi stroked with authority in the decider, even as a disheartened Parul struggled to reach the ball. The Delhi girl lacked the confidence and the motivation to fight it out at the crunch. Rushmi will have a tougher challenge in the next round as she takes on qualifier Kyung-Yee Chae of Korea who blanked the seasoned Archana Venkataraman. The third-seeded Tara Iyerbreezed past qualifier Sophia Mulsap of Thailand. In the pre-quarterfinals, she will be challenged by another qualifier Abby Hedges of Australia who got past Chika Terasawa of Japan in a tough three-setter. Janaki Gunuganti beat back a late revival by eighth-seeded Prerana Mythri 6-1, 7-6(4). The results: Singles (first round): Rushmi Chakravarthi bt Parul Goswami 2-6, 7-5, 6-0; Kyung-Yee Chae (Kor) bt Archana Venkataraman 6-0, 6-0; Sonal Phadke bt Geeta Manohar 6-4, 6-1; Tara Iyer bt Sophia Mulsap (Tha) 6-3, 6-2; Abby Hedges (Aus) bt C hika Terasawa (Jpn) 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3; Janaki Gunuganti bt Prerana Mythri 6-1, 7-6(4); Varanya Vijuksanaboon (Tha) bt Anushri Thammanna 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; Shalini Sahoo bt Akshitha Basavaraju 6-1, 7-5; Jung-Yoon Shin (Kor) bt Tejashwi Narayana 6-1, 6-1; Anastasiya Vasylyeva (Ukr) bt Vishika Chhetri 6-0, 6-1. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Rushmi Chakravarthi and Montinee Tangphong (Tha) bt Kyung-Yee Chae and Jung-Yoon Shin (Kor) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4; Sagarika Phadke and Ragini Vimal bt Kesiki Jayapalan and Garima Vatwani 7-5, 6-0.
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