Qualifier Ragini Vimal of India, unseeded Po-Kuen Lam of Hong Kong and Natalia Neri of Great Britain advanced to second round in the Indian Oil [ Get Quote ] Servo ITF women's tennis tournament in Bangalore on Monday.
While Ragini managed to overcome the challenge of compatriot Yamini Thukkaiandi 6-3, 7-6 (7/0), Po-Kuen ranked 732, easily disposed off Sandri Gangothri 6-3, 6-2.
Natalia outplayed wild card Iciri Rai 6-3, 6-1.
The other unseeded players who sailed into the next round include, Nandini Perumal, who beat Krushmi Chheda 6-3, 6-3, Ankita Bhambri defeated Asha Nandakumar 6-2, 6-0; Samrita Sekar beat Varsha Shivashankar 6-2, 6-0 and Shruthi Dhawan defeated Preeti Rao 6-1, 6-1.
In the doubles, top seeded Rushmi Chakravarthi, pairing with Jayaram Sai Jayalakshmi, easily defeated Sheethal Goutham and Po-Kuen (Hong Kong) 6-1, 6-1.
In the other doubles matches, Sandhya Nagaraj and Madhura Ranganathan of India quelled the challange of Natalia (GBR) and Samrita Shekar 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 and the Indian duo of Ankita Bhambri and Isha Lakhani defeated compatriots Anupama and Chirshathi Rajor 6-2, 6-4.
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