Rutuja Bhosale, seeded third and the top-ranked Indian in the fray with Kazakhstan\u2019s fifth-seeded Zhibek Kulambayeva dropped a set but came back strongly to win 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-1. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the semifinals, Rutuja will take on country mate Zeel Desai, who, oozing with confidence after a win over the top seed in the pre-quarterfinals, lost her way after the first set but was back on track when it mattered to quell the challenge of her stablemate Antonia Schmidt of Germany in three sets 3-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4 to enter the semifinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The rest of the matches too went with the form with second seeded Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand securing her last four spot with a clinical 6-1, 6-2 win over seventh seed Diletta Cherubini of Italy and set-up a semifinal clash with in-form Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty who took just 76 minutes to quell the challenge of Vaishnavi Adkar with a 6-1, 6-4 victory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 24-year-old Zeel, ranked 938 on the ITF rankings, broke her better-ranked (115) opponent\u2019s serve in the very first game but was immediately broken back. A break in the eighth game gave the German an upperhand and the 22-year-old promptly took the first set 6-3. Zeel, who has two ITF titles under belt this year so far, put up a much better show in the second and committed fewer mistakes. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Both who train under the same coach, matched shot for shot and barring on a few occasions where there were long rallies, both came up with good winners. The set was aptly decided via a tie-breaker, where Antonia found herself committing a couple of unforced errors which brought back Zeel into contention.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the deciding set, the Ahmedabad-born Zeel raced to a 5-1 lead courtesy breaks in the 1st and 3rd games. Zeel who trains at the Boris Becker and Tennis University took it a bit easy, an opportunity which her rival pounced upon to win the next three games and reduces the margin to 4-5. Zeel found her mojo back at the nick of the time and wound of the game, set and match dropping just a point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rutuja who is battling a viral admitted that it was with her heart and strong will that she won the match. After giving it the best in the first set which she won in a tie-breaker, she suddenly lost all her energy in the second and lost 1-6 to her Kazakh rival who is also her doubles partner. Garnering all the mental strength she could she annexed the third set and match at 1. <\/p>\r\n\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2023\/11\/three-indians-in-semifinals-of-itf-womens-world-tennis-tour.JPG", "alt_img": "Three Indians in semifinals of ITF Women\u2019s World Tennis Tour", "alt_title": "Three Indians in semifinals of ITF Women\u2019s World Tennis Tour", "image1": null, "video": null, "seo_title": "Three Indians In Semifinals Of ITF Women\u2019s World Tennis Tour On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "Three Indians In Semifinals Of ITF Women\u2019s World Tennis Tour, World Tennis Tour: In a boost to women\u2019s tennis in India, as many as three of them made it to.", "seo_keywords": "Three Indians, ITF Women, World Tennis Tour, Rutuja Bhosale, Zhibek Kulambayeva, Zeel Desai, Antonia Schmidt, Lanlana Tararudee, Diletta Cherubini, Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty, Vaishnavi Adkar, Boris Becker, Tennis University", "tag": "", "tagging": "Three Indians, ITF Women, World Tennis Tour, Rutuja Bhosale, Zhibek Kulambayeva, Zeel Desai, Antonia Schmidt, Lanlana Tararudee, Diletta Cherubini, Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty, Vaishnavi Adkar, Boris Becker, Tennis University", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": null, "slug": "three-indians-in-semifinals-of-itf-womens-world-tennis-tour", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": null, "ians_time": null, "server_time": null, "trash": "0", "view_count": "646", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2023-11-24 18:50:03", "updated": "2023-11-24 18:50:03", "img_from": "Image Source: IANS", "img_source": null, "schedule_publish": null, "news_keywords": "Three Indians, ITF Women, World Tennis Tour, Rutuja Bhosale, Zhibek Kulambayeva, Zeel Desai, Antonia Schmidt, Lanlana Tararudee, Diletta Cherubini, Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty, Vaishnavi Adkar, Boris Becker, Tennis University", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "1", "google_feed": "1", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "23", "jio_date": "2023-11-24 18:50:03", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "0", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": null, "featured": "0", "sports_name": "tennis", "cnmid": "827584", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/sports-news\/three-indians-in-semifinals-of-itf-womens-world-tennis-tour-10634" }