Indian tennis star Shrivalli Bhamidipaty continued her impressive run in the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Perth, Australia, by dominating eighth seed Melisa Ercan of Australia 6-1, 6-1 in the pre-quarterfinals.
Bhamidipaty, ranked 334th in the world, displayed her superior skills and court coverage throughout the match. She broke Ercan’s serve early in both sets and maintained her dominance, winning the first set in just 20 minutes.
In the second set, Bhamidipaty continued to apply pressure on Ercan, forcing her into unforced errors. The Indian player broke Ercan’s serve twice more to seal the victory in 50 minutes.
Bhamidipaty’s victory sets up a quarterfinal clash against another Australian, Naiktha Bains, who defeated Great Britain’s Ankita Raina 6-2, 6-4.
In other matches, Ankita Raina and Naiktha Bains advanced to the quarterfinals in the doubles event, defeating Chelsea Stergiopoulos and Bellle Thompson of Australia 7-6(0), 3-6, [10-4].
Indian players also made their mark in other ITF tournaments around the world. In the €148,625 Challenger in Bad Waltersdorf, Austria, Guido Andreozzi of Argentina and Sriram Balaji of India reached the pre-quarterfinals in the doubles event.
In the €148,625 Challenger in Saint-Tropez, France, Romain Arneodo of Monaco and Theo Arribage of France defeated Anirudh Chandrasekar and Niki Poonacha of India 7-6(2), 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the doubles event.
In the $15,000 ITF tournament in Monastir, Tunisia, Tanisha Kashyap of India lost in the first round of the women’s singles to Zou Ruirui of China 6-2, 6-1.
In the $25,000 ITF men’s tournament in Guiyang, China, Rishab Agarwal of India lost in the pre-quarterfinals to Kris Van Wyk of South Africa 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
In the $15,000 ITF men’s tournament in Tehran, Iran, Raghav Jaisinghani of India lost in the pre-quarterfinals to Ali Yazdani of Iran 6-3, 6-2.
In the $15,000 ITF men’s tournament in Bali, Indonesia, Yuvan Nandal of India advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Tomohiro Masabayashi of Japan 2-6, 7-6(6), 6-4.
