
LUCKNOW, DECEMBER 21: Sixth seed Keiko Tameishi of Japan lost to unseeded Indian girl Sheethal Gautham, while third seed Sai Jayalakshmy India and seventh seed Olgo Kaliojnaia of Russia moved up on the second day of the ITF Women8217;s Circuit tennis championship at the Oudh Gymkhana Club.
Arthi Venkatraman Ind, Katarina Daskovic Yug, Marif Kondratieva Rus, Olgo Kaliojnaia Rus and Nikita Bharadwaj also won their ties.
Gautham was downed 4-6 by Keiko in the first set. In the second, she had one ace and one double fault and lost the set 3-6. In the third and deciding set, Gautham took lead at 5-1 and at this point, Keiko conceded defeat due to problems with her racket, 4-6 6-3 5-1 in two hours.
Wild card Karishma Patel was beaten by seventh seeded Olga Kaliojnaia of Russia 6-4 11-9 7-6.
Third seed Sai beat Nandini Perumal 6-0 6-1 while Katarina Daskovic of Yugoslavia downed Anna Anikanova 6-1 6-4.