Indian interest ended with all players in the singles and doubles going down at the IWTC-2023 ITF World Tennis Tour $40000 Tournament (Shri Ganesh Naik Initiative) organized by the Navi Mumbai Sports Association in association with Maharashtra State Lawn tennis Association (MSLTA) under the auspices of the ITF , AITA and to be played at the Ganesh Naik Tennis Complex in Vashi
In the singles top seeded Ekaterina Makarova ended the challenge of Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-2, 6-1 while unseeded
Naho Sato of Japan toppled eighth seeded Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-2, 6-4 ensuring that the Indian challenge ended in singles and the jinx of Indian player never winning a singles title I. Last 10 years continued
In other upsets in Daria Kudashova upset third seeded Lithuanian Justina Mikulskyte 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 while regular to India Ekaterina Yashina rallying out fourth seeded Sapfo Sakellaridi of Greece 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
In the Doubles Quarterfinal Round unseeded Japanese pair of Funa Kozaki and Misaki Matsuda upset Indian third seeds Rutuja Bhosale and Prarthana Thombare 7-6(1), 6-2 In a close encounter Kamilla Bartone of Lithuania and Russian Ekaterina Makarova edged out Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-2, 3-6, 10-5; Second seeds Diana Marcinkevica and Sapfo Sakellaridi came back from loss of first set to get past Zeel Desai and Ksenia Zaytseva 4-6, 7-6(3), 12-10 to end the Indian challenge in the doubles
Results: Second Round: Singles:
Saki Imamura (Jpn) bt Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz)6-2, 6-1;
Ekaterina Makarova [1] bt Vaidehi Chaudhari (Ind)6-2, 6-1;
Daria Kudashova bt Justina Mikulskyte (Ltu) [3] 6-2, 1-6, 6-1;
Ekaterina Yashina bt Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre) [4] 6-4, 2-6, 7-5;
Misaki Matsuda (Jpn) bt Akiko Omae (Jpn) 6-0, 6-0;
Naho Sato (Jpn) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli (Ind) [8] 6-2, 6-4;
Moyuka Uchijima (Jpn) [2] bt Ekaterina Maklakova 5-7, 6-1, 6-3;
Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) [6] bt Funa Kozaki (Jpn)6-4, 7-5;
Doubles: Quarterfinal Round:
Funa Kozaki (Jpn) /Misaki Matsuda (Jpn) bt Rutuja Bhosale (Ind) [3] /Prarthana Thombare (Ind) 7-6(1), 6-2;
Kamilla Bartone (Lat) /Ekaterina Makarova bt Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (Ind) /Vaidehi Chaudhari (Ind) 6-2, 3-6, 10-5;
Hiromi Abe (Jpn) /Saki Imamura (Jpn) bt Beatrice Gumulya (Ina) /Akiko Omae (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2;
Diana Marcinkevica (Lat) [2] /Sapfo Sakellaridi (Gre) bt Zeel Desai (Ind) /Ksenia Zaytseva 4-6, 7-6(3), 12-10.
