Taipei’s Ching-Wen sends 2nd seed Smith packing

Emily served hard and connected the ball well but Ching was equal to the task as she not only chased with terrific speed,but also returned with equal power.

The first set was quite a nerve-wracking affair as it went to a tie-breaker. Both were unrelenting before Ching clinched the tie-breaker 7-4 and pocketed the first set.

However,the second set was totally dominated by the Britisher as she raced to 5-2 before winning it 6-3 . While it looked as if Emily would runaway with the tie in the thirtd set,Hsu had different plans. Hsu staged a remarkable comeback in the third set. She took advantage of her tiring opponent. Errors creeped in to Emily’s game and Hsu wrapped up the set,and the match,with ease.

Meanwhile,after her fine showing on Tuesday, 36-year-old Rushmi Chakravarthi lost to 19-year-old US -born Indian Anamika Bhargava’s 6-2,6-2.

Delhi’s Riya Bhatia,the lone surviving qualifier,making the last eight grade by routing Vaniya Dangwal 6-1,6-1.

While third seed Rishika Sunkara was taken the distance by Sharmada Balu before Sunkara triumphed 1-6,6-4,6-3,there was no stopping top seeded Prarthana Thombre,who outplayed Smriti Joon 6-2,6-3.

Results:

Singles (Pre-quarterfinals): (1) Prarthana Thombre bt Smriti Joon 6-2,6-3; (6) Natasha Palha bt Adnya Naik 6-1, 6-0;(3) Rishika Sunkara bt Sharmada Balu 1-6,6-4,6-3; (8) Anamika Bhargava (USA) bt Rushmi Chakravarthi 6-2,6-2; (7) Prerna Bhambri bt Mahitha Dadi Reddy 6-3,6-1; (Q) Riya Bhatia bt Vaniya Dangwal 6-1,6-1; (5) Nidhi bt Liktha Shetty 6-0,6-1; Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE) bt (2) Eily Webley-Smith 7-6 (7-4),3-6,6-1.

Doubles( Quarterfinals): (1) Emily Webley-Smith (GBR)/Anamika Bhargava (USA) bt Sagarika Phadke/Sahan Shetty 6-0,6-3; Prerna Bhambri/Mahitha Dadi Reddy bt Ayaka Okuno (JPN)/Natasha Palha 6-3,6-4; Prarthana Thombare/Sharmada Balu bt Riya Bhatia/Adnya Naik 6-4,6-3; Ching-Wen Hsu (TPE)/Eden Silva (GBR) bt (2) Nidhi Chilmula/Rishika Sundara 6-7 (1),6-3 ,10-5.