Megha, Isha advance

Vishnupreetam Mahalingam crushed Yuka Hatano of Japan 6-0 6-1 while Lucia Tallo of Switzerland sidelined Rekha Natrajan of India 6-0 6-2 among others to move into the qualifying second round to be played on Monday.

Monday will also witness doubles first round matches while the singles main round will commence from Tuesday.

Qualifying results

Women8217;s singles first round: Isha Lakhani Ind bt Kalpita Raje Ind 6-0 6-1, Shruti Dhawan Ind bt Nona Wagh Ind 6-0 6-1, Lucia Tallo Sui bt Rekha Natarajan Ind 6-0 6-2, V Mahalingam Ind bt Yuka Hatano Jap 6-0 6-1, Megha Vakharia Ind bt T Sricharanya Ind 6-0 6-0, Saiswaona Ramakrishnan Ind bt P Mahalingam Ind 6-1 6-2, Alejandra Ynclan ESP bt Lolorena Aparicio ESP 6-2 6-2, Misae Sakai Jap bt Deepa Engade Ind 6-0 6-0.