Sahaja Yamalapalli stroked with depth to beat Ayumi Koshishi of Japan within the ITF ladies’s tennis match in Gurugram on Wednesday.| Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan

Fifth seed Sahaja Yamalapalli warmed up for the challenges forward with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Ayumi Koshishi of Japan within the first spherical of the Federal Bank $25,000 ITF ladies’s tennis match on the Tennis Project, Baliawas, on Wednesday.

Sahaja, who stroked with depth, transformed 4 of eight break factors to snuff the Japanese problem. She did drop serve as soon as however general dealt with her service video games with competence.

In the pre-quarterfinals, Sahaja will play Riya Bhatia who has been with out match apply for a while. Riya overcame the fluent play of qualifier Anjali Rathi 7-6(5), 6-4. She additionally did properly to make the doubles quarterfinals with Michika Ozeki of Japan.

Qualifier Vaishnavi Adkar unleashed her forceful strokes on each flanks to beat Akiko Omae of Japan in three units. Vaishnavi will subsequent face the highest seed, the 218th ranked Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia.

Shirvalli Bhamidipaty had little hassle in getting previous the Japanese qualifier Ikumi Yamazaki. She will tackle seventh seed Jacqueline Cabaj Awad of Sweden within the second spherical.

The outcomes: Singles (first spherical): Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) bt clara Vlasselaer (Bel) 7-5, 6-4; Vaishnavi Adkar bt Akiko Omae (Jpn) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; Riya Bhatia bt Anjali Rathi 7-6(5), 6-4; Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Ayumi Koshishi (Jpn) 6-4, 6-2; Yasmine Mansouri (Fra) bt Ranah Akua Stoiber (GBr) 6-1, 7-6(4); Ekaterina Kazionova bt Ekaterina Yashina 7-5, 6-2; Anastasia Gasanova bt Abhilasha Bista (Nep) 6-3, 6-0; Fanny Ostlund (Swe) bt Michika Ozeki (Jpn) 6-2, 6-4; Yeonwoo Ku (Kor) bt Madhurima Sawant 6-0, 6-2; Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz) bt Humera Baharmus 6-1, 6-2; Rinon Okuwaki (Jpn) bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) 7-5, 6-4; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Ikumi Yamazaki (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz) & Ankita Raina bt Zeel Desai & Rinon Ikuwaki (Jpn) 2-6, 6-3, [11-9]; Riya Bhatia & Michika Ozeki (Jpn) bt Akanksha Nitture & Saumya Vig 6-3, 6-1; Shrivalli Bhamidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Kashish Bhatia & Sahira Singh 6-0, 6-1; Jacqueline Cabaj Awd (Swe) & Justina Mikulskyte (Ltu) bt Snehal Mane & Madhurima Sawant 6-2, 6-1.