Saturday, November 3, 2012

Chilumula, Bhargava advance to second round of Sanjay Kakade Group Royal Indian Open WTA Challenger


Pune, November 3, 2012: Nidhi Chilumula and Anushka Bhargava scored easy wins to move into the final round qualifying of the Sanjay Kakade Group Royal Indian Open WTA Challenger being organised by Netsurf Entertainment and played at the Shivaji Chatrapathi Sports Complex at Balewadi in Pune.

In the first round qualifying  Nidhi Chilumula who entered the event as an onsite alternate got the better of  Zainab Ali Sajjad 6-0, 6-1, while  Anushka  Bhargava put out a much seasoned but injury prone Shivika Burman 7-5, 6-3.

In the final round qualifiers Wildcard Rishika  Sunkara will take on another Indian Ankita Raina ensuring a  place for at least one Indian in the main draw,  Nidhi Chilumula will take on Emily Webley-Smith , while  Slovakian Andrea Klepac  will take on Anushka  Bhargava, in the final match Korean  Su Jeong Jang  will take on Australian Stephanie Bengson for a spot in the main draw.

Meanwhile the organisors have awarded the doubles wildcard to Olympian Rushmi Chakravarthy and Ankita Raina. The main draws will be held tomorrow.

Press release

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