ITF Women’s Open 2023: India’s Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale displayed immense tenacity while etching three-set wins to reach the singles semi-finals of the KPB Trust ITF Women’s Open at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. ITF Women’s Open 2023: India’s Ankita Raina enter singles semi-finals.
Ankita Raina, fourth seed in the tournament, fought past Dea Herdzelas of Bosnia And Herzegovina 6-1, 6-7 (7), 7-5 while Bhosale overcame eighth seeded Briton Eden Silva 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Raina will face Bhosale in an all-Indian semi-final on Saturday.
The on-going 40k dollar tournament a part of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour is hosted by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) and it is sponsored by KPB Family Trust. Earlier, top seeded Brenda Fruhvirtova of Czech Republic also entered the semi-finals with a 6-0, 7-5 victory over Indonesia’s sixth seeded Madelyne Nugroho.
The No. 5 seed Dalila Jakupovic also registered an easy 6-2, 6-0 win against Ikumi Yamazaki in the other quarter-final. “The first set was going pretty easy and fast and in the second I was leading 5-3 but I didn’t really use my chances.
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Then at 5-5 I broke her serve and then I held my serve to win the match. I am happy that it was not a three-set match because physically I was not 100 percent probably because of the matches and the heat as well. I am happy that I have eased through,” said Fruhvirtova after her win.
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