Second seed Ankita Raina lost 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5) to Daria Kudashova in the first round of the $40,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Lopota (Georgia).
Ankita, however, made the doubles quarterfinals in partnership with Snehal Mane.
The results: $25,000 ITF men, Margherita di Pula, Italy: First round: Kai Wehnelt (Ger) bt Manas Dhamne 7-5, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles, pre-quarterfinals: Samir Reguig & Mohamed Makhlouf (Alg) bt Abraham Asaba (Gha) & Karan Singh 6-7(2), 7-6(4), [10-7].
$40,000 ITF women, Lopota, Georgia: First round: Daria Kudashova bt Ankita Raina 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5).
Doubles, pre-quarterfinals: Snehal Mane & Ankita Raina bt Christine Gouws (RSA) & Georgia Kalamaris (Fra) 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia: Doubles, pre-quarterfinals: Michaela Bayerlova (Cze) & Wakana Sonnobe (Jpn) bt Kiara Cvetkovic (Sui) & Annika Kannan 6-1, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey: Doubles, pre-quarterfinals: Sofya Gapankova & Varvara Pansshina bt Florencia Moron (Arg) & Bela Tamhankar 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: First round: Vaishnavi Adkar Liu Le Yi (Chn) 7-6(3), 6-1; Zeel Desai bt Merna Refaat (Egy) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1.
