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Three from Maharashtra make main draw of Anirudh Desai tennis

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 24 2016 | 7:22 PM IST
Mumbai's Dakshata Patel and Sagarika Phadke made the main draw of Rs 13 lakh AITA Ranking Anirudh Desai JVPG Tennis Tournament here today.
In the final qualifying round, Dakshata, seeded no. 2 in the preliminaries, got the better of AP's Chikkala Sai Nikitha, winning 6-2 7-6 (5), while Sagarika defeated Gujarat's Dharbhar Thakor 6-0 6-2.
Joining the two in the main draw was their Maharashtra statemate Srishti Ray, who ousted Pragati Solankar 6-1 6-2, also from the host state, at the suburban Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana's courts.
The main draw matches commence tomorrow.
Qualifying results:
Women's singles: 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.

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First Published: Jan 24 2016 | 7:22 PM IST

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