TENNIS | Shrivalli Bhamidipaty blanks fifth seed Justina Mikulskyte

Mar 15, 2024 at 8:35 PM
TENNIS | Shrivalli Bhamidipaty blanks fifth seed Justina Mikulskyte
Shrivalli Bhamidipaty during her quick fire win over Justina Mikulskyte in the ITF women’s tennis tournament in Indore on Friday.

Shrivalli Bhamidipaty throughout her fast hearth win over Justina Mikulskyte within the ITF girls’s tennis match in Indore on Friday.
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Shrivalli Bhamidipaty blasted her well past the fifth seed Justina Mikulskyte of Lithuania 6-0, 6-0 in 49 minutes within the $25,000 ITF girls’s tennis quarterfinals on the Indore Tennis Club on Friday.

Quite at residence on the short courts the place she had skilled previously with coach Sajid Lodi, the 22-year-old Shrivalli smashed her well past Justina, who had received the title in Gurugram a fortnight earlier.

Shrivalli began hesitantly with two double faults within the first sport, however not often put a foot unsuitable thereafter. She conceded solely 19 factors in all to the 28-year-old Justina, ranked 249 on the planet. 

In the semifinals, Shrivalli will play Polina Iatcenko who pipped third seed Ankita Raina in a tricky encounter. Ankita fought again from being down 3-5 and saved two match factors earlier than the Russian nosed forward within the eventual tie-break for a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory.

The different semifinal shall be between Dalila Jakupovic and Mananchaya Sawangkaew.

Shrivalli later made the doubles closing with Vaidehi Chaudhari, beating the opposite Indian pair of Sahaja Yamalapalli and Zeel Desai in an entertaining contest.

The Indian pair will face Ya-Hsuan Lee and Sohyun Park, who recovered from a sluggish begin to outplay second seeds Jacqueline Cabaj Awad and Diana Marcinkevica 10-1 within the tremendous tie-break.

The outcomes: Quarterfinals: Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Justina Mikulskyte 6-0, 6-0; Polina Iatcenko bt Ankita Raina 6-3, 7-6(4); Mananchaya Sawangkaew bt Jacqueline Cabaj Awad 6-1, 6-2; Dalila Jakupovic bt Thasaporn Naklo 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Semifinals: Shrivalli & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Zeel Desai & Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-1, 7-6(7); Ya-Hsuan Lee & Sohyun Park bt Jacqueline & Diana Marcinkevica 4-6, 6-0, [10-1].