Sahaja in finals at ITF 25K Precision Solapur Open Tennis Tournament
Solapur, December 23, 2033: Seventh seeded Sahaja Yamlapalli kept the Indian flag high reaching the singles finals of the $25000 Precision Solapur Open Womens ITF Tennis Tournament which is being organized by Solapur District Lawn Tennis Association(SDLTA) in association with MSLTA and played MSLTA Tennis Center, Solapur
In the semis today Sahaja took 1 hour and. 8 mins to stop Japanese Saki Imamura 7-6(3), 6-2. To enter the finals where she will take on second seed :
Ekaterina Makarova of Russia who carved out a 6-4, 6-2 win against Latvian Diana Marcinkevica In just about two hours
Imamura however had the consolation of winning the doubles title in tandem with her countrymate Hiromi Abe , in all Japanese affair The fourth seeds easily accounted for Funa Kozaki and /Misaki Matsuda winning 6-3, 6-1.
The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Gurpavit Singh , MD , Ileseum club ltd, Mr. Rajesh Damani , MD , Jamshri Realty Ltd. Tournament director and Jt Sec of Mslta Rajiv Desai was present on the occasion
Results: Semifinal Round: Singles: Womens:
Ekaterina Makarova [2] bt Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) [6] 6-4, 6-2; 1HOUR 59MIN
Sahaja Yamalapalli (Ind) [7] bt Saki Imamura (Jpn) 7-6(3), 6-2; 1HOUR 8MIN
Doubles: final Round: Hiromi Abe (Jpn) [4] /Saki Imamura (Jpn) bt Funa Kozaki (Jpn) /Misaki Matsuda (Jpn) 6-3, 6-1.
