Sunitha starts of well

India’s rising tennis star Sunitha Rao gave good account of herself with her flawless performance against Neha Uberoi of US as she outclassed her opponent 6-0,6-2 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament played at the Jaypee Greens Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Tournament’s second-seed Sunitha got off the blocks quite fast as she pocketed her first set without losing any game.

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Sunitha upped the ante of her game as the match progressed further.

Neha could all do was to win two games in the entire match, she could only able to open her account after 10 games. Wild card entrant Sanaa Bhambri was the only other Indian to join Sunitha in the singles pre-quarterfinals.

Sanaa was leading 6-1, 3-1 when her opponent Veronika Chvojkova of Czech Republic retired due to heat stroke. In another singles first round match, Nudnida Luangnam of Thailand drubbed Sonal Phadke 6-0,6-1.

RESULTS

Singles (First round): Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) bt Sonal Phadke 6-0, 6-1; Montinee Tangphong (Tha) bt Poojashree Venkatesh 6-1, 6-4; Aniko Kapros (Hun) bt Anastasia Poltoratskaya (Rus) 6-0, 6-3; Sanaa Bhambri bt Veronika Chvojkova (Cze) 6-1, 3-1 (retd.); Vlada Ekshibarova (Uzb) bt Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3); Naomi Cavaday (GBR) bt Parija Maloo 6-1, 6-3; Varatchaya Wongteanchai (Tha) bt Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rou) 6-4, 2-6, 6-0; Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) bt Carmen Klaschka (Ger) 6-0, 6-7(4), 6-3; Margit Ruutel (Est) bt Lisa Sabino (Ita) 6-3, 6-4; Sandy Gumulya (Ina) bt Kristina Antoniychuk (Ukr) 6-3, 6-4; Sheng-Nan Sun (Chn) bt Ankita Bhambri 6-1, 6-4; Sunitha Rao bt Neha Uberoi (U.S.) 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles (Pre-quarterfinals): Kelly Anderson & Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) bt Sandy Gumulya (Ina) & Nicole Rottmann (Aut) 6-4, 2-6, 10-5; Ayaka Maekawa (Jpn) & Isha Lakhani bt Cagla Buyukakcay & Pemra Ozgen (Tur) 7-5, 6-3.