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Poojashree gets past Shaozhuo

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NEW DELHI: Wild card Poojashree Venkatesh defeated Liu Shaozhuo of China 6-2, 6-4 to move into the pre-quarterfinals of the $50,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Tuesday.

The 18-year-old Poojashree raced to a 5-1 lead and that set the tempo for the contest. She served well and stroked confidently to ease past the Chinese.

Poojashree, who has ensured herself five WTA points and $760, will be up against the third-seeded Sandra Zahlavova of the Czech Republic in the pre-quarterfinals.

Shalini Sahoo found Emily Webley-Smith of Britain too hot to handle and managed to eke out only three games, all in the first set.

Megan Moulton-Levy of the U.S. defeated the second-seeded Margit Ruutel of Estonia 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. She will meet qualifier Romana Tabakova of Slovakia in the next round.

The results (first round): Masa Zec-Peskiric (Slo) bt Laura Siegemund (Ger) 6-2, 6-2; Emily Webley-Smith bt Shalini Sahoo 6-3, 6-0; Anastasiya Vasylyeva (Ukr) bt Miki Miyamura (Jpn) 6-4, 6-3; Montinee Tangphong (Tha) bt Forence Haring (Fra) 7-5, 6-7(0), 6-1; Anna Gerasimou (Gre) bt Marina Melnikova (Rus) 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4; Chiaki Okadaue (Jpn) bt Shiho Hisamatsu (Jpn) 6-1, 6-4; Bojana Jovanovski (Srb) bt Parul Goswami 6-1, 6-4; Melanie Klaffner (Aut) bt Tadeja Majeric (Slo) 7-5, 6-4; Poojashree Venkatesh bt Liu Shaozhuo (Chn) 6-2, 6-4; Sandra Zahlavova (Cze) bt Anastasia Malhotra (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Romana Tabakova (Svk) bt Ganna Piven (Ukr) 6-3, 6-4; Megan Moulton-Levy (US) bt Margit Ruutel (Est) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

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