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Yikes! That's right. She has been playing too many tournaments She is playing doubles this week with Abbie Myers.

Riya starts with a 3 set win.

At $15K ITF Women, Alkmaar , Netherlands

[R1] (2) Riya BHATIA (IND) d. (Q) Merel HOEDT (NED) 64 46 61

Next,

[R2] (2) Riya BHATIA (IND) vs. Laura HEINRICHS (GER,889)

Riya lost in second round this time.

At $15K ITF Women, Alkmaar , Netherlands

[R2] (2) Riya BHATIA (IND,565) l. Laura HEINRICHS (GER,889) 36 36

Riya also lost in doubles SF today. She moves to Germany next week for a $25K Challenger where she will have to qualify for the main draw.

Riya is not in the Q draw for next week's $25K event in Stuttgart. I am assuming she made the main draw cut. Hope that's true and

Yes, she made the main draw and is playing a qualifier in first round.

At $25K ITF Women, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany (Clay)

[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND,531) vs. (Q) Iva PRIMORAC (CRO,719)

Riya lost in first round.

At $25K ITF Women, Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany (Clay)

[R1] Riya BHATIA (IND,531) l. (Q) Iva PRIMORAC (CRO,719) 36 36

Riya is back again this week playing in European Red clay. She is the top seed in both singles and doubles (w/ Tamara Curovic) in the $15K Targu Jiu ITF event in Romania this week.

Riya starts with an easy win.

At $15K Targu Jiu,Romania (Clay)

[R1] (1) Riya BHATIA (IND,515) d. (Q) Alexandra Diana BRAGA (ROM,NR) 62 61

Next,

[R2] (1) Riya BHATIA (IND,515) vs. Ivania MARTINICH (CHI,774)

Riya has another easy win to move thru to QF.

At $15K Targu Jiu,Romania (Clay)

[R2] (1) Riya BHATIA (IND,515) d. Ivania MARTINICH (CHI,774) 62 62

Next,

[QF] (1) Riya BHATIA (IND,515) vs. (6) Miriam Bianca BULGARU (ROU,693)

Riya lost in a close 3 setter against local player.

At $15K Targu Jiu,Romania (Clay)

[QF] (1) Riya BHATIA (IND,515) l. (6) Miriam Bianca BULGARU (ROU,693) 26 64 57

Riya starts with an easy win this week too.

At $15K ITF Women Targu Jiu,Romania (Clay)

[R1] (2) Riya BHATIA (IND,519) d. Mai HONTAMA (JPN,728) 63 62

Next,

[R2] (2) Riya BHATIA (IND,519) vs. Vittoria AVVANTAGGIATI (ITA,NR)

Decent win as Mai Hontama is the 16th ranked junior but hasn't been in great form lately after making the Australian Open jr. QF early in the year.

But Riya could not capitalise on that and lost in a close 3 setter to an unranked Italian girl.

At $15K ITF Women Targu Jiu,Romania (Clay)

[R2] (2) Riya BHATIA (IND,519) l. Vittoria AVVANTAGGIATI (ITA,NR) 36 64 57

Congrats go to Riya for winning the second title of her career.

At $15K ITF Women Colombo, Sri Lanka (Clay)

[R1] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,589) d. Yuqi Sheng (CHN, 1134), 61 76(3)
[R2] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,589) d. Ramya Natarajan (IND,1037), 64 62
[QF] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,589) d. Rushri Wijesundera (USA,1134), 46 64 63
[SF] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,589) d. (Q) Alice Gillan (GBR,NR), 64 62
[FR] (1) Riya Bhatia (IND,589) d. (2) Josephine Boualem (FRA,606), 76(2) 61

This is her second title. She had won the $10K Sharm El Shaikh in September 2016 and has had 4 runner-up finishes also in her career. The 12 points should move her up by about 55 spots in the ranking.