Bidar (Karnataka), Oct 1 (IANS) Ukrainian teenager Oleksandra Korashivilli and India’s Prarthana Thombare provided the first two upsets in the Ashok Kheny $10,000 ITF Bidar Open women’s Futures tennis championship here Monday.
Prarthana, after dropping the first set at 4-6, came back with a spirited display to beat the eighth seeded Pei Chi Lee of Taipei at 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 while Korashivilli prevailed over a fighting fourth seed Rishika Sunkara at 2-6, 6-0, 6-3.
The results (1st round): Ankita Raina bt Sai Samhita 6-1, 6-1; Ho Ching Wu (HKG) bt Arantxa Andrade (ind) 6-3,6-2; Vaniya Dangwal bt Riya Bhatia 6-2, 6-2; Anushka Bhargava bt Sanae Ohta 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-2; Prarthana Thombare bt Pei Chi lee Tpe 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Nan Nan Zhang bt Shibika Burman 6-0,6-1; Oleksandra Korashivilli bt Rishika Sunkara 2-6,6-0,6-3; Spurthi Shivalingaiah bt Eetee Mehta 2-6,6-4,6-3.
