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Poojashree gets off to a flying start

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BANGALORE: Top-seeded Poojashree Venkatesh got off to a flying start in the Questnet-ITF women’s tennis tournament at the KSLTA courts here on Monday trouncing Subbadharmi Sundaram of the United States 6-0, 6-0 in just 58 minutes.

In the lone singles match of the day, Poojashree’s fluent forehand and the double-handed backhand proved too much for Subbadharmi, who did come up with some good returns. But it was her serve — Subbadharmi had a dozen double faults — which did her in.

Rest of the day’s programme saw spate of doubles matches. In the first upset of the tournament, Chun-Yan He of China and Dalila Jakupouvic of Slovakia knocked out the fourth seeded Indian pair of Treta Bhattacharya and Shivika Burman 6-3, 6-3.

The results: Singles: First round: 1-Poojashree Venkatesh bt Subbadharmi Sundaram (US) 6-0, 6-0.

Final qualifying round: Prema Bhambri bt Dipti Srivatsava 6-1, 6-2; Nimisha Mohan bt Garima Vatwani 6-2, 6-0; Rishika Sunkara bt Chika Terasawa (Jpn) 6-2, 6-2; Carla Venticinque-Torres (Esp) bt Grace Hannah 5-7, 6-0, 6-2; Adnya Naik bt Nova Patel 0-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles: First round: Anastasia Malhotra (Jpn) & Stephanie Theiler (Sui) bt Prarthana Prathap & Prenra Pratap 6-2, 6-1; Prerna Bhambri & Tegan Edwards (Rsa) bt Shweta Kakhandki Gadigeppa & Sonal Phadke 6-1, 6-4; Chun-Yan He (Chn) & Dalilia Jakupovic (Slo) bt 4-Treta Bhattacharya & Shivika Burman 6-3, 6-3; Gopika Kapoor & Ashvarya Shrivastava bt Nicola Mooney (Gbr) & Harshni Reddy 6-3, 6-2; 3-Jade Hopper (Aus) & Keren Shlomo (Isr) bt Sharmada Balu & Nimisha Mohan 6-3, 6-4; Moe Kawatoko (Jpn) & Sweta Kumari Solanki bt Aishwarya Agarwal & Adnya Naik 6-1, 6-2. Final qualifying round: Sharmada Balu & Nimisha Mohan bt Deepna Vazirani & Arthi Venkataraman 4-6, 6-0, 10-5; Aishwarya Agarwal & Adnya Naik bt Sonya Dayal & Jasmine Steinherr (Ger) 6-4, 6-2.

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