Bhavani Balakumar, the local girl, rallied to beat Muskaan Ranjan 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 to advance to the second round of the qualifiers of the ITF tournament at the TNTA courts here today.
Results of first round of Women's Qualifying Singles event only countries of foreign players mentioned): Ashmitha Easwaramurthi Beat Sahan Shetty 6-4,6-2, Neharika Rama beat Thanushree Vale 6-0,6-4, Swetha Sree Hari Kaaviya Balasubramanian 7-6(7), 6-2, Bhavani Balakumar Beat Muskaan Ranjan 4-6,7-6(5),6-2, Efriliya Herlina (Ina) Beat Nikitha Tirdala 6-0,6-1, Pragati Natraj Beat Nupur Umashankar 6-4,6-4, Sanya Madan Beat )Preethi Ujjini 6-1,7-6(1), Sansriti Ranjan Beat Krishnali Bhonsle w.O., Srishti Slaria
Beat Sheril Roy 6-0,6-0, Yui Saikai (Jpn) Beat Preethi Srinivasan 6-1,6-3, Manya Nagpal Beat Diana Abi Sekar 6-4,6-1, Reshma Ganapathy Beat Chitra Jayaraman 6-3,6-4, Thanyarat Karnjanapong (Tha) Beat Abhilasha Vishwanath 6-4,-6-4.
