All five Indians lost their first-round qualifying matches at the WTA250 Chennai Open on Saturday.
Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar, the 16-year-old wildcard, lost 4-6, 1-6 to top seed Yuki Naito of Japan at the SDAT Stadium in Nungambakkam. Sai Samhitha Chamarthi, the other wildcard, too lost 1-6, 0-6 to second seed Nao Hibino, another Japanese player.
Other Indians in the fray - Rutuja Bhosale, Riya Bhatia and Sowjanya Bavisetti - also went down in the first round of qualifying. In the longest match of the day, third seeded Lina Glushko beats Maria Timofeeva 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 in two hours and 40 minutes.
The final round of qualifying will be held on Sunday.
Results
(1) Yuki Naito beat Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar (WC) 6-4, 6-1
(2) Nao Hibino beat Sai Chamarthi (WC) 6-1, 6-0
(3) Lina Glushko beat Maria Timofeeva 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (3)
(4) Isabella Shinikova beat Ekaterina Yashina 6-2, 6-2
Peangtarn Plipuech beat (5) Lizette Cabrera 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
(6) Justina Mikulskyte beat Riya Bhatia 6-4, 6-0
(7) Jana Fett beat Kaylah McPhee 7-5, 6-4
(8) Daniela Vismane beat Sofya Lansere 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
Mariia Tkacheva beat (9) Carole Monnet 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
Olivia Tjandramulia beat (10) Ekaterina Kazionova 6-3, 6-1
(11) Kyoka Okamura beat Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-4, 6-0
(12) En-Shuo Liang beat Rutuja Bhosale 6-3, 6-2
