Ankita Raina enters quarterfinals of ITF Women's Tennis Tournament in Pune

Ankita Raina

Pune, December 24 (IANS)

Ankita Raina entered the quarterfinals of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) women's $25,000 tennis tournament, beating qualifier Kamonwan Buayam 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1 in the second round at the Deccan Gymkhana here on Wednesday.

The fourth seeded Ankita remained the only Indian in the fray in the singles competition after compatriot Prarthana Thombare lost her second round match against third seed Sofia Shapatava of Georgia 6-4, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6).

Serbia's Nina Stojanovic defeated seventh seeded Polina Laykina of Russia 6-1, 6-3 and Ellen Allgurin of Sweden beat eighth seeded Veronika Kapshay of Ukraine 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-1.

Top seeded Anastasiya Vasylyeva of Ukraine continued her march as she defeated Ayaka Okuno of Japan 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5 in a match that lasted for three hours.

Magdalena defeated Russia's Margarita Lazareva 6-2, 7-5; and Cristina downed Belarussian Sviatlana Pirazhenka 6-2, 6-3.

Results:

Second Round:

1-Anastasiya Vasylyeva (Ukr) bt Ayaka Okuno (Jpn) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5

3-Sofia Shapatava (Geo) bt WC-Prarthana Thombare (Ind) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (8-6)

Nina Stojanovic (Srb) bt 7-Polina Leykina (Rus) 6-1, 6-3

6-Katy Dunne (Gbr) bt Despina Papamichail (Gre) 6-2, 6-4

Q-Magdalena Frech (Pol) bt Margarita Lazareva (Rus) 6-2, 7-5

Ellen Allgurin (Swe) bt 8-Veronika Kapshay (Ukr) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1

4-Ankita Raina (Ind) bt Q-Kamonwan Buayam (Tha) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1

Q-Cristina Ene (Rou) bt Sviatlana Pirazhenka (Blr) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles: Quarter Finals:

1-Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo) and Anastasiya Vasylyeva (Ukr) bt Diana Bogoliy (Ukr) and Polina Leykina (Rus) 6-4, 6-0

Shweta Rana (Ind) and Rashmi Teltumbde (Ind) Vs Anna Morgina (Rus) and Nina Stojanovic (Srb)

2-Miyabi Inoue (Jpn) and Miki Miyamura (Jpn) bt Despina Papamichail (Gre) and Rishika Sunkara (Ind) 7-5, 7-5

Rutuja Bhosale (Ind) and Nidhi Chilumula (Ind) bt Sharrmadaa Baluu (Ind) and Prarthana Thombare (Ind) 6-1, 6-2