Shruti, Arati qualify

NEW DELHI, MARCH 1: India8217;s Arati Venkatraman and Shruti Dhawan came through the final qualifying round in contrasting styles to make it to the main draw of the 10,000 ITF Central bank ITF Women8217;s circuit tournament at the Delhi Tennis Association courts here on Sunday.

For DHAITA8217;s Shruti Dhawan, it was a memorable way to get through to the main draw as she toppled the qualifing draw8217;s top seed Orawan Wongkamalasai of Thailand 5-7, 7-66, 6-3.

The gutsy Bangalorean Arati Venkatraman, not such a regular on the domestic tour anymore, stuck to her old clawing habits in her 6-4, 6-4 win against Russian hopeful Le Sueur Monique.