Daria Kudashova defeated sixth seed Fanny Ostlund 7-5, 7-6(6) within the first spherical of the Maha Urja $25,000 ITF ladies’s tennis event on the clay courts of the MSLTA Academy on Tuesday.

In one other match, Zeel Desai managed to eke out solely 5 video games in opposition to Akiko Omae of Japan.

Qualifier Soha Sadiq beat wild card Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to arrange a pre-quarterfinal in opposition to Ekaterina Yashina, who knocked out eighth seed Thasaporn Naklo of Thailand in straight units.

The outcomes:

First spherical: Soha Sadiq bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Ekaterina Yashina bt Thasaporn Naklo (Tha) 7-5, 6-4; Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) bt Humera Baharmus 6-2, 6-3; Daria Kudashova bt Fanny Ostlund (Swe) 7-5, 7-6(6); Sonal Patil bt Maithili Mothe 6-0, 6-1; Miriana Tona (Ita) bt Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (Swe) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Akiko Omae (Jpn) bt Zeel Desai 6-3, 6-2; Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt Sejal Bhutada 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles, pre-quarterfinals: Yasmine Mansouri (Fra) & Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) bt Sonal Patil & Bela Tamhankar 6-2, 6-1; Daria Kudashova & Anastasia Zolotareva bt Akanksha Nitture & Soha Sadiq 6-4, 6-2; Yeonwoo Ku (Kor) & Justina Mikulskyte (Ltu) bt Vaishnavi Adkar & Ishwari Matere 6-2, 7-5; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Sowjanya Bavisetti & Mei Hasegawa (Jpn) 6-2, 6-1.