Poojashree sails into the ITF tournament second round
September 15th, 2009 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Top seeded Indian Poojashree Venkatesha cruised into the second round of the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament, beating Israel’s Ester Masuri 6-3, 6-2 at the DLTA complex here Tuesday.
Poojashree, who last week won her third ITF title at her home turf in Bangalore, next plays Japanese Moe Kawatoko.
Eighth-seeded Rushmi Chakravarthi showed the door to Australian Renee Binnie, beating her 6-1, 6-0.
Also advancing to the second round was fourth-seeded Indian Isha Lakhani who defeated Chinese Nan-Nan Zhang 6-2, 6-4.
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