Journalism of Courage
Wildcard entry Rutuja Bhosale who was touted as the giant-killerlost to tournament top seed Varatchaya Wongteanchai and crashed out of the $25,000 NECC-ITF Womens Tennis Tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana courts on Thursday.
She lost in straight sets,ending the Indian challenge at the event. Bhosale who had thrilled the audience with her superb hitting from both flanks on Tuesday and Wednesday,found Wongteanchais variations a bit too much to handle,going down 2-6,2-6 in 64 minutes.
In the other quarter-final matches,sixth-seed Celine Cattaneo upset fourth seed Nicha Lertpitaksinchai of Thailand,while unseeded Melis Sezer sent third seed Tadeja Majeric packing.
Bhosales match was watched by a capacity crowd at the Deccan Gymkhana. Wongteanchai started strongly,racing to a 4-0 lead. Bhosale did manage to hold her serve a couple of times after that,but Wongteanchai stayed strong to wrap up the game . However,a quarterfinal finish has given Rutuja 15 ranking points,which is bound to shoot her ranking considerably.
