Ankita Raina beats top seeds to enter doubles semifinals

Ankita Raina in action during WTA Mumbai Open round of 16 match against Rebecca Marino held at CCI in Mumbai. Photo: EMMANUAL YOGINI/The Hindu

Ankita Raina in partnership with Priska Nugroho of Indonesia beat the top seeds Yiming Dang and Yidi Yang in the doubles quarterfinals of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Shenzhen, China, on Thursday.

In the $30,000 women’s event in Thailand, second seed Shrivalli Bhamidipaty lost tamely in the singles pre-quarterfinals to wild cad Anchisa Chanta, but made the doubles semifinals in partnership with Vaidehi Chaudhari.

The results:

$40,000 ITF women, Shenzhen, China

Doubles (quarterfinals): Priska Nugroho (Ina) & Ankita Raina bt Yiming Dang & Yidi Yang (Chn) 7-6(3), 6-1.

$30,000 ITF women, Nonthaburi, Thailand

Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Anchisa Chanta (Tha) bt Shrivalli Bhamidipaty 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Shrivalli Bhaidipaty & Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Daria Frayman (Cyp) & Sandugash Kenzhibayeva (Kaz) 6-2, 6-1.