Seeded players Nidhi Chilumula, Eetee Maheta and Hirono Watanabe of Japan registered comfortable wins in the first round of the KS Narayanan Memorial ITF Women's Futures tennis championship here today.
Chilumula outclassed Sai Samhitha with her steady game while Mehta and Watanabe were too good for their opponents, Reshma Ganapathy and Likitha Shetty respectively.
In another match, Amritha Mukherjee fought hard to win against Vaniya Dangwal after losing the first set.
Results of singles first round:
Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND) Bt. Abinikka Renganathan (IND) 6-4, 6-2 Nidhi Chilumula (IND) [6] Bt. Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND) 6-3, 6-4, Eetee Maheta (IND) [7] Bt. Reshma Ganapathy (IND) 6-0, 6-0, Chun-Yan He (CHN) Bt. Preethi Ujjini (IND) 6-4, 6-3, Hirono Watanabe (JPN) [8] Bt. Likitha Shetty (IND) 6-3, 6-1, Sneha Padamata (IND) Bt. Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (IND) 6-3, 6-4, Amrita Mukherjee (IND) Bt. Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Main draw doubles:
Nithya Raj Babu Raj (IND) / Tanisha Rohira (IND) Bt. Efriliya Herlina (INA) / Thanyarat Karnjanapong (THA) 6-2, 6-3 Amrita Mukherjee (IND) / Likitha Shetty (IND) Bt. Neharika Rama (IND) / Swetha Sree Hari (IND) 6-4,6-2, Sharrmadaa Baluu (IND) [3] / Rishika Sunkara (IND) Bt. Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND) / Eetee Maheta (IND) 6-1, 6-4.
