Date:29/06/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/06/29/stories/2007062956271800.htm
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Sport - Tennis

Ankita advances

NEW DELHI: Qualifier Ankita Bhambri beat wild card entrant Tugce Dogan of Turkey 6-4, 6-2 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF women’s Challenger tournament at Istanbul, Turkey.

Ankita’s younger sister Sanaa, however, went down 1-6, 6-3, 2-6 to the fourth-seeded Maria-Fernanda Alves of Brazil in the first round.

In doubles, the Bhambri sisters and the duo of Rushmi Chakravarthi and Isha Lakhani lost in the quarterfinals.

Other results:

Doubles (quarterfinals): Monique Adamczak (Aus) and Tetiana Luzhanska (Ukr) beat Rushmi Chakravarthi and Isha Lakhani 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Anna Gerasimou (Gre) and Farida Karaieva (Ukr) bt Ankita and Sanaa 6-2, 0-6, 7-5.

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