ITF W25 Bendigo/ W60 Canberra, Australia- Feb/March 2022

[Dinesh]

Ankita defeats Rodionova again 6-4 2-6 6-1

Faces Asia Muhammad next (who is on a 13-match winning streak).

[suresh]

Looks like Ankita is fit again post covid. Hope she gets her ranking back to its normal level or higher. All the best in the next round.

[sameerph]

Yes, excellent win. Ankita and Rutuja also won their doubles QF.

[QF] (8) Ankita Raina (IND,341) d. (2) Arina Rodionova (AUS,179) 64 26 61

[QF] (4) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) d. Merel Hoedt (NED)/ Alexandra Osborne (AUS) 63 64

Next,

[SF] (8) Ankita Raina (IND,341) vs. (3) Asia Muhammad (USA,175)

[SF] (4) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs. (2) Jaimee Fourlis (AUS) / Ellen Perez (AUS)

Tough matches as you would expect at this stage. Asia won back to back titles in Canberra 2 weeks back and is going for her third consecutive title in Australia.

[PKBasu]

Terrific performances by Ankita Raina this week. That win over 2-Arina Rodionova (CH 116) this morning was really superb (and of course an upset). In doubles, of course, she and Rutuja have lived up to their seeding. Great stuff!!

[jayakris]

Go Ankita! This is great.

[sameerph]

She lost in both singles and doubles today.

[SF] (8) Ankita Raina (IND,341) l. (3) Asia Muhammad (USA,175) 06 16

[SF] (4) Ankita Raina (IND)/ Rutuja Bhosale (IND) l. (2) Jaimee Fourlis (AUS) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 26 16

Surprisingly tame losses. I guess tiredness got to her.

[suresh]

Good week in Australia for us. Sowjanya making it to R2 after upsetting the top seed in R1, Ankita making it to the SF in the single and doubles(with Rutuja). Let us hope that we do better next week.

[PKBasu]

Today's shockingly one-sided losses suggest that Ankita ran out of steam after a tough, long week of singles and doubles. But a good week nonetheless.

[sameerph]

Rutuja won her Q1 match today for next week but Sowjanya had a bad loss.

[Q1] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,511) d. Sienna Lesson (AUS,NR) 62 61

[Q1] (8) Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND,649) l. Elna Micic (AUS,NR) 67(3) 03 retd

Next,

[Q2] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,511) vs. (12) Alexandra Osborne (AUS,755)

[sameerph]

Rutuja qualfied for main draw.

[Q2] (3) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,511) d. (12) Alexandra Osborne (AUS,755) 36 63 10-4

So, now we have 3 women in main draw and Ankita draws Rodionova in first round itself.

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,339) vs (1) Arina Rodionova (AUS,177)

[R1] (Q) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,509) vs. Weronica Falkovska (POL,398)

[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,647) vs. (Q) Yui Chikaraishi (JPN,884)

[sameerph]

This time Ankita lost tamely to Rodionova but both Rutuja and Pranjala won their matches.

At ITF W25 Bendigo

[R1] Ankita Raina (IND,339) l. (1) Arina Rodionova (AUS,177) 16 16

[R1] (Q) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,509) d. Weronica Falkovska (POL,398) 60 62

[R1] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,647) d. (Q) Yui Chikaraishi (JPN,884) 76(1) 62

Next,

[R2] (Q) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,509) vs. (7) Jamie Fourlis (AUS,294)

[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,647) vs. (6) Olivia Gadecki (AUS,250)

Tough matches for both.

[sameerph]

Rutuja lost in a very close match and Pranjala lost in straight sets.

At ITF W25 Bendigo

[R2] (Q) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,509) l. (7) Jamie Fourlis (AUS,294) 76(1) 26 46

[R2] Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND,647) l. (6) Olivia Gadecki (AUS,250) 26 46

Ankita and Rutuja are thru to doubles SF.

[R1] (2) Ankita Raina (IND) / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) d. Yui Chikaraishi (JPN) / Tina Nadine Smith (AUS) 62 63

[QF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND) / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) d. Lu Jia-Jing (CHN) / Abbie Meyers (AUS) 64 64

Next,

[SF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND) / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs. Jang Sujeong (KOR) / Lee Ya Hsuan (TPE)

[sameerph]

Ankita and Rutuja are thru to the final.

At ITF W25 Bendigo

[SF] (2) Ankita Raina (IND) / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) d. Jang Sujeong (KOR) / Lee Ya Hsuan (TPE) 61 75

Next,

[F] (2) Ankita Raina (IND) / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) vs. Alexandra Bozovic (AUS) / Weronica Falkovska (POL)

[sameerph]

Ankita and Rutuja win the doubles title.

At ITF W25 Bendigo

[F] (2) Ankita Raina (IND) / Rutuja Bhosale (IND) d. Alexandra Bozovic (AUS) / Weronica Falkovska (POL) 46 63 10-4

Good end to these 2 weeks in Bendigo.

Ankita, Rutuja, Pranjala and Sowjanya will continue in Australia after a week's break with couple 60K's coming up in Canberra. Pranjala and Ankita are in main draw. Rutuja and Sowjanaya in qualies.

[jaydeep]

Yes, good to see Ankita and Rutuja lift the doubles title.