Rutuja Bhosale wins second doubles title

In the ITF grade-5 junior tennis tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, second seed Shrivalli Rashmikaa beat top seed Yujiao Che of China 6-4, 6-2 for the girls title.

It was the second successive doubles title for Rutuja, who had won the title last week with Kanika Vaidya.

Former Asian junior champion Rutuja Bhosale lost the singles semifinals to her doubles partner Mayar Sherif, but won the doubles title in the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Egypt. It was the second successive doubles title for Rutuja, who had won the title last week with Kanika Vaidya. In the ITF grade-5 junior tennis tournament in Ho Chi Minh City, second seed Shrivalli Rashmikaa beat top seed Yujiao Che of China 6-4, 6-2 for the girls title. It was an impressive performance by Shrivalli, who was winning her second title in the international junior circuit, as she dropped one set in five rounds and only 21 games in all in the other 10 sets.  

The results: $15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Singles (semifinals) : Mayar Sherif (Egy) bt Rutuja Bhosale 7-5, 7-6(5). Doubles (final): Mayar Sherif (Egy) & Rutuja Bhosale bt Pei Hsuan Chen & Fang-Hsien Wu (Tpe) 3-6, 6-3, 10-5. ITF grade-5 juniors, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Girls (final) : Shrivalli Rashmikaa bt Yujiao Che (Chn) 6-4, 6-2;  

Semifinals: Shrivalli Rashmikaa bt Pei-Yu Lai (Tpe) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4;

 

Quarterfinals: Chunxi Guo (Chn) bt Sravya Shivani 6-4, 0-6, 6-3; Shrivalli Rashmikaa bt Jingyi Wang (Chn) 6-3, 6-4;

Pre-quarterfinals: Sravya Shivani bt Hsuan Huang (Tpe) 7-5, 6-2; Shrivalli Rashmikaa bt Rafaella Jean Villanueva (Phi) 6-0, 6-1. Doubles (semifinals): Yujiao Che (Chn) & Chunxi Guo (Chn) bt Sravya Shivani & Rafaella Jean Villanueva (Phi) 6-2, 6-2;

Quarterfinals: Sravya Shivani & Rafaella Jean Villanueva bt Hsuan Huang & Ke Syuan Jhang (Tpe) 6-3, 6-1; Rania Azziz & Gabrielle Clairotte (Fra) bt Jing Yang (Chn) & Shrivalli Rashmikaa 7-5, 5-7, 10-6.