Ankita goes down fighting to Yingying Duan

However, Ankita Raina reached the doubles quarterfinals with her Korean partner.

Ankita Raina won the second set after losing the first, to send the her match against Yingying Duan into a deciding set.

Qualifier Ankita Raina went down fighting in three sets to fifth seed Yingying Duan of China in the first round of the $125,000 WTA event in China. Ankita converted five of 19 breakpoints, while her opponent broke serve seven times from 10 breakpoints that she forced.

Ankita, however, made the doubles quarterfinals with a Korean partner.