ITF W50/W75 Portugal - June/July, 2024

[sameerph]

This week Rutuja joins Ankita in Portugal first for W50 in Montemon-O=Novo where both of them will be seeds and than at W75 Guimares where Ankita will just about make the main draw and Rutuja will have to play qualies.

These are the match-ups for this week-

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,278) vs. Lara Pfeifer (ITA,701)

[R1] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,368) vs. Matilde Jorge (POR,495)

Ankita and Rutuja are also playing doubles together and are second seeds.

[jayakris]

Ankita had a trouble-free match today.

[R1] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,278) d. Lara Pfeifer (ITA,701), 62 62
so
[R2] (4) Ankita Raina (IND,278) vs Angelina Wirges (GER,580)

[sameerph]

Rutuja gave a walkover in singles and also in doubles along with Ankita. As per her insta stories, Rutuja had reached Portugal. So, looks like some injury to her after reaching there.

[Dinesh]

Posting these results as this thread didn’t live longer. + Vasanti and Prarthana will be in Portugal next week!

Riya and Prarthana w/ their respective partners have reached the QF of W75 Porto ITF this week. Hope at least one of them gets to the final round.

At W75 Porto, Portugal :

R1 Riya Bhatia/ Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU) 7-6 7-6 Zoziya Kardava (GEO)/ Anastasia Poplavska (UKR)

QF Riya Bhatia/ Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU) vs (3) Anna Sinclair Rogers (USA) / Kateryna Volodko (UKR)
QF (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare vs Maja Chwalinska (POL)/ Gabriela Knutson (CZE)

[jayakris]

At the ITF W75 in Porto, POR (Clay):

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU) l. (3) Anna Sinclair Rogers (USA)/ Kateryna Volodko (UKR), 16 46
[QF] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) d. Maja Chwalinska (POL)/ Gabriela Knutson (CZE), Walkover
so
[SF] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (4) Evialina Laskevich (RUS)/ Ekaterina Yashina (RUS)

[Dinesh]

[SF] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) 6-7 6-1 10-5 (4) Evialina Laskevich (RUS)/ Ekaterina Yashina (RUS)

[F] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (3) Anna Sinclair Rogers (USA)/ Kateryna Volodko (UKR)

[PKBasu]

At the ITF W75 in Porto, POR (Clay):

[QF] Riya Bhatia (IND)/ Karola Patricia Bejenaru (ROU) l. (3) Anna Sinclair Rogers (USA)/ Kateryna Volodko (UKR), 16 46
[QF] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) d. Maja Chwalinska (POL)/ Gabriela Knutson (CZE), Walkover
so
[SF] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (4) Evialina Laskevich (RUS)/ Ekaterina Yashina (RUS)

Wrong colour for Prarthana!!

[jayakris]

^^^ Fixed above

[jayakris]

It's a final for Prarthana...At the ITF W75 in Porto, POR (Clay):

[SF] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) d. (4) Evialina Laskevich (RUS)/ Ekaterina Yashina (RUS), 67(6) 61 [10-5]
so
[F] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) vs (3) Anna Rogers (USA)/ Kateryna Volodko (UKR)

[jayakris]

And it is a title... At the ITF W75 in Porto, POR (Clay):

[F] (1) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) d. (3) Anna Rogers (USA)/ Kateryna Volodko (UKR), 63 64

Congrats Prarthana! She moves up to around #142 in ranking. Getting back closer to her career high of 125.

[jayakris]

This week at the big ITF W100 in Figueira da Foz, POR (Hard):

[Q1] Vasanti Shinde (IND,ITF-1236) d. (9) Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios (PAR,599), walkover
[Q2] Vasanti Shinde (IND,ITF-1236) l. (8) Gabriella Da Silva Fick (AUS,448), 36 26

In doubles,

[R1] (3) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) BYE
[R1] (4) Evialina Laskevich (RUS)/ Vasanti Shinde (IND) vs Anastasiia Gureva (RUS)/ Polina Kudermetova (RUS)

[Dinesh]

Vasanti and partner saved 4 match points to win their R1 match. I believe this is the first time Vasanti has won a round at this highest level (W100 ITF).

[R1] (4) Evialina Laskevich (RUS)/ Vasanti Shinde (IND) 7-5 2-6 11-9 Anastasiia Gureva (RUS)/ Polina Kudermetova (RUS)

With this win, she reaches a new career high of #237 in the live rankings and is the new India #3, replacing Ankita.

Here is hoping, we see a Vasanti v Prarthana in the finals this week

[jayakris]

[R1] (4) Evialina Laskevich (RUS)/ Vasanti Shinde (IND) d. Anastasiia Gureva (RUS)/ Polina Kudermetova (RUS), 75 26 [11-9]

The supertiebreaker was all Vasanti. I mean, topnotch stuff. An ace, a reflex BH OH at the net, a powerful crosscourt FH winner from outside the right doubles alley for match pt, and then a volley kill at the net. I think she had 5 winners in the STB. Good job.

[jayakris]

They won the QF in a laugher... The opponents could put up some resistance only at the end when our pair had to serve twice for the match at 5-2 and 5-4. Vasanti is just too damn gooood!!

[QF] (4) Evialina Laskevich (RUS)/ Vasanti Shinde (IND) d. Mina Hodzic (GER)/ Sofia Pinto (POR), 60 64

Prarthana has still not played her QF, after an R1 bye. Her QF will only be on Thursday, it seems.

[jayakris]

Prarthana is also in the SF. At the big ITF W100 in Figueira da Foz, POR (Hard):

[R1] (3) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) BYE
[QF] (3) Arianne Hortono (NED)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) d. Gabriela Knutson (CZE)/ Emily Webley-Smith (GBR), 75 61