Mumbai’s Dakshata Patel and Sagarika Phadke led the eight women’s qualifiers into the main draw of the Rs 13 lakh AITA Ranking Anirudh Desai JVPG Tennis Tournament, being hosted by JVPG at their courts, here, on Sunday.
In the final qualifying round, Dakshata, seeded No. 2, got the better of AP’s Chikkala Sai Nikitha, winning 6-2, 7-6 (5), while Sagarika got the better of the Gujarat’s Dharbhar Thakor 6-0, 6-2. Joining the two in the main draw was state mate Srishti Ray, who got the better of Pragati Solankar 6-1, 6-2.
Qualifying results:
Women: Dakshata Patel (Mah) bt Chikkala Sai Nikitha (AP) 6-2, 7-6 (5), Sagarika Phadke (Mah) bt Dharbhar Thakor (Guj) 6-0, 6-2; Challa Harsasai (AP) bt Anandita Mitra (MP) 6-1, 6-1; Nandini Sharma (Pun) bt Shivani Desai (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Lalita Devarakonda (AP) bt Arushi Bhasin (Del) 0-6, 6-2, 6-4; Srishti Ray (Mah) bt Pragati Solankar (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Dedeepya Sai Y (TS) bt Sharmeen Rizvi (Mah) 6-0, 6-2; Nithyaraj Baburaj (TN) bt Komal Nagare (Mah) 6-1, 6-1.