New Delhi: Treta Bhattacharyya and Rashmi
Tetumbde advanced to the second round of the USD 10,000 ITF
Women's Futures tournament with contrasting wins here today.
While Treta had to work hard to get past Germany's Jasmin
Steinherr 6-7(4) 6-2 6-3, Rashmi scored an easy 6-2 6-1 win
over wild card Gopika Kapoor in the first round at the DLTA
Complex.
Also booking the second round berth were wild card Adnya
Naik and second seed Japanese A Malhotra.
Adnya ousted lucky loser Anushree Thammanna 6-1 6-3 while
the Japanese sent packing Nova Patel 6-2 6-3 in her first
round match.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, August 03, 2009, 21:28