India's Rutuja Bhosale shocked second seeded Valentini Grammatikopoulou with a remarkable 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 victory in the singles opening round of the KPB Trust ITF Womens Open at the KSLTA Stadium, here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The unseeded Bhosale lost the first set but fought back impressively to overcome her tough Greek opponent, a World No. 198, in a thrilling three-setter to enter the Round-of-16.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Another Indian Zeel Desai, who had won her second ITF women's tour title last month, also made a bright beginning with a facile 6-3, 6-2 victory against German qualifier Rebecca Sarah Sekulic. The 24-year-old Ahmedabad-born Desai came into the tournament as a wild card entry.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Top-rated Indian Ankita Raina also lived up to the expectations and made a winning start to her campaign defeating compatriot Vanshita Pathania 6-3, 6-0 at the on-going 40k dollar tournament, which is part of the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, being hosted by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, 15-year-old tennis sensation Brenda Fruhvirtova of Czech Republic vindicated her top seeding in the event with a crushing 6-1, 6-0 win over Taipei's Lee Ya-Hsuan. Fruhvirtova made her Grand Slam debut in Australia earlier this year -- becoming the fifth youngest qualifier to reach the Australian Open main draw.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Vaidehi Chaudhari, who had two excellent outings in the qualifiers, could not repeat the performance and went down to sixth seeded Indonesian Madelyn Nugroho 2-6, 1-6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sahaja Yamalapalli, another Indian wildcard entrant, also suffered a 6-7 (8), 3-6 defeat against Lativa's Diana Marcinkevica.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Vaidehi Chaudhari, who had two excellent outings in the qualifiers, could not repeat the performance and went down to sixth seeded Indonesian Madelyn Nugroho 2-6, 1-6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n