Open gurugram w35
ITF Women’s Open: Ankita, Sahaja In Quarters With Contrasting Wins Over Zeel, Riya
Two other Indians who played the last 16 – Rashmikaa Srivalli Bhamidipaty and Vaishnavi Adkar bowed out but not before staging a brilliant fight against their seeded opponents. While Srivalli lost to seventh seed Jacqueline Cabaj Awad of Sweden after having the advantage of winning the first set 6-1 and then losing 3-6, 6-7(5). Vaishnavi’s journey was halted by the top seed Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia 6-7(1), 3-6.
In women's doubles, Riya Bhatia joined hands with Michika Ozeki of Japan to upset the third-seeded pair of Anastasia Gasanova and Ekaterina Yashina to enter the semifinals with a 6-4, 6-4 victory. Ankita also made it to the last four with her Kazakhstan partner Zhibek Kulambayeva beating the all-Japanese pair of Akiko Omae and Ikumi Yamazaki 7-5, 7-6(9).
