Indian challenge ends in Pune ITF tournament
October 16th, 2009 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Pune, Oct 16 (IANS) Fourth-seeded Miki Miyamura and sixth seeded French girl Elodie Rogge Dietrich stopped the winning run of Indian juniors - wild card entrant Ankita Raina and Prerna Bhambri - to set up a clash in Saturday’s final of the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament here.
In the semifinals played Friday, the 730th-ranked Rogge scored a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win over Delhi girl Prerna while the 547th-ranked Miyamura topped Pune’s Raina 6-1, 6-0.
Miyamura also placed herself in line for a double crown. Moe Kawatoko and Miyamura, the second seeds, easily toppled the top seeded Indian duo of Rushmi Chakravarthi and Sanaa Bhambri 6-3, 6-1 in the doubles final.
- Ankita, Prerna in Pune ITF semifinals - Oct 15, 2009
- Day of upsets in Pune tennis Futures - Oct 14, 2009
- Poojashree, Rushmi in Dehradun ITF final - Sep 25, 2009
- Prerna, Ankita only Indians to advance to quarterfinals - May 11, 2011
- Rushmi shocked, Ratnika rallies to beat Ashvarya in ITF tourney - Jun 21, 2011
- Rutuja beats Ratnika to enter ITF tournament quarters - Jun 15, 2011
- Prerna bows out of Delhi ITF - May 13, 2011
- Sheethal upsets Isha to enter ITF tournament quarters - Sep 16, 2009
- Prerna upsets Rushmi in Delhi ITF - May 10, 2011
- Three Indians move up to ITF tournament quarters - Aug 12, 2009
- Ratnika upsets fifth seed Scimone in ITF tournament - Jun 14, 2011
- Poojashree sails into the ITF tournament second round - Sep 15, 2009
- National Grass Court Tennis: Top seed Myneni in final - Feb 10, 2012
- Palha advances to second round in ITF - May 09, 2011
- Tennis nationals: Rutuja stuns top seed Prerna - Oct 11, 2011
Tags: challenge ends, clash, dietrich, double crown, french girl, indian challenge, indian duo, indian juniors, international tennis federation, itf, miki, prerna, raina, rogge, sanaa bhambri, seeds, wild card
