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Mumbai Open WTA 125K: Sahaja Yamalapalli Stuns Top Seed Kayla Day For Biggest Win Of Career
Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association: India’s No. 2 ranked player, Sahaja Yamalapalli, pulled off a sensational upset over top seed Kayla Day, of the United States, in a three-set battle in the first round of the Mumbai Open WTA 125K Series Tennis Championships, here on Monday evening.
Ranked No. 335 in the world and playing against a top 100 player for the first time in her career, the 23-year-old wild card entrant put aside the loss of a second set to win 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 in two hours and 43 minutes and advance to the second round of the event being organized by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and the Cricket Club of India (CCI).
Earlier in the day, another Indian wild card entrant Vaishnavi Adkar put on an impressive show before going down in three sets to South Korea’s So-Hyun Park while the Indian duo Ankita Raina/Rutuja Bhosale bowed out in the first round of the doubles event.
