Ankita to clash with Karman in singles quarterfinal at 22nd edition of NECC Deccan ITF $40000 Women’s Tennis Tournament
Pune, January 25, 2023: India No 1 Ankita Raina will clash with Indian No 2 Karman Kaur Thandi in the quarter finals of the singles at the the 22nd edition of the NECC Deccan ITF $40000 Women’s Tennis Tournament India’s longest-running international tennis tournament organised under the auspices of the ITF, AITA and MSLTA by Deccan Gymkhana and sponsored by National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC) at the Deccan Gymkhana Tennis Courts.
In the second round played today eighth seeded Ankita Raina trounced Gozal Ainitdinova of Kazakhstan 6-4, 6-2 in 1 hour 28 minutes while Karman Kaur Thandi Karman Kaur Thandi belted out Russian Ksenia Zaytseva 6-3, 6-3 in 1 hour 16 minutes .
The Raina – Thandi clash scheduled on Republic Day ensures that an Indian will play in the singles semifinals
In another match featuring Indian player topseeded German and Wimbledon semifinalist and WTA Comeback player of the year Tatjana Maria showed her class as she outplayed local star Rutuja Bhosale 6-1, 6-0 in less than an hour
In the Doubles topseeded pair of. Ankita Raina and Prarthana Thombare Also made It to the quarter finals. As they put out Zeel Desai and Anastasia Sukhotina of. Russia 6-4, 6-4
Rutuja Bhosale however made it to the doubles quarterfinal partnering Ekaterina Yashina the second seed. Got a walk over for Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Ekaterina Reyngold
Following are the results: Singles: Second Round:
Nigina Abduraimova (UZB)[2] bt Daria Kudashova(RUS) 6-2, 6-1
Ankita Raina (IND) [8] bt Gozal Ainitdinova (KAZ) 6-4, 6-2
Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) [4] bt En Shuo Liang (TPE) 7-5, 6-3
Eri Shimizu (JPN) bt Zhibek Kulambayeva (KAZ) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2
Tatjana Maria (GER) [1] bt Rutuja Bhosale (IND) 6-1, 6-0
Irina Khromacheva (RUS) [6] bt Tina Nadine Smith (AUS) 6-4, 6-4
Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) bt Ksenia Zaytseva(RUS) 6-3, 6-3
Valeria Savinykh (RUS) [7] bt Emily Welker (GER) 6-3,7-5
Doubles: First Round
Ankita Raina(IND)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND)[1] bt Zeel Desai(IND)/ Anastasia Sukhotina(RUS) 6-4, 6-4
Rutuja Bhosale (IND) [2] /Ekaterina Yashina(RUS) W/O Ekaterina Makarova(RUS)/Ekaterina Reyngold(RUS)
Diana Marcinkevica (LAT)/Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) [3] bt Madhurima Sawant (Ind)/Bela Tamhankar (IND) 6-2, 7-6(4)
