
MUMBAI, May 12: Second seed Janaki Krishnamurthy sailed into the second round of the Rs 1,00,000 All-India Ranking Prize Money Women8217;s tennis tournament at Shivaji Park Gymkhana today.
Janaki, who beat Urmi Negi 6-0, 6-1, set up a second round date with Liza Pereira who defeated Stuti Smit 6-0, 6-2 an another first round match today.
Top seed Uzma Khan plays her first match tomorrow against Radhika Mandke after she received a first round bye in a tournament hit by withdrawals by top ranked players.
Priyanka Contractor capped her first round singles victory with success in the doubles in the afternoon. While she dismissed Sonia Gomes 6-2, 6-1 in the morning, she combined with Sonia Shelar to defeat Rekha Natarajan and Jitisha Selarka 6-1, 6-1 in the doubles first round.
RESULTS
1st round: Priyanka Contractor Mah bt Sonia Gomes Mah 6-2, 6-1; Liza Pereira Mah bt Stuti Smit Mah 6-0, 6-2; Janaki Krishnamurthy Mah bt Urmi Negi Mah 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles 1st round: RadhikaMandke/Radhika Tulpule Mah bt Nona Wagh/Anisha Shelar Mah 6-1, 6-1; Sonia Shelar/Priyanka Contractor Mah bt Rekha Natarajan/Jitish Selarka Mah 6-3, 6-7 5-7, 7-6 7-3; Liza Pereira/Sonal Phadke Mah bt Neha Thadani/Kanisha Mehta Mah 6-0, 6-0; Joy Rodrigues Mah/Karishma Patel Guj bt Urmi Negi Mah/Pratima Ruparel 6-0, 6-0; Stuti Smit/Jahnavi Sunderrajan Mah bt Sonal Markar/Shivani Bhatt Mah 6-0, 6-0.
Family doubles: Amit/Shrikant Tambe bt Yogesh/Payal Nagda 6-0, 6-0; V Rangarajan/Rangarajan bt Suryajit/Nirmal More 6-3, 6-4.