$60K ITF Women, Bursa and Artvin, Turkey

[sameerph]

Kyra has made it to the final qualifying round.

[Q1] Kyra SHROFF (IND,784) d. Inci OGUT (TUR,NR) 64 62
[Q2] Kyra SHROFF (IND,784) d. (7) Aleksandra POSPELOVA (RUS,647) 62 62

Next,

[Q3] Kyra SHROFF (IND,784) vs. (3) Melis SEZER (TUR,498)

Main draw -

[R1] (5) Ankita RAINA (IND,274) vs. Vanda LUKACS (HUN,404)

[sameerph]

Another very good upset win by Kyra to qualify for the main draw.

[Q3] Kyra SHROFF (IND,784) d. (3) Melis SEZER (TUR,498) 61 63

Ankita's first round match has just started.

[bujilover]

That's really a good win for Kyra. Glad to see her back with a MD qualification.

Ankita's opponent retired early leading 2-1 in first set. Good day overall

[sameerph]

Yes, Ankita got lucky. Also Kyra won her doubles match easily against local wild cards.

[R1] Daiana NEGREANU (ROU) / Kyra SHROFF (IND) d. Cemre ANIL (TUR) / Julia STAMATOVA (BUL) 61 61

Kyra plays a Croatian in first round.

[R1] (Q) Kyra SHROFF (IND,784) vs. Ana VRLJIC (CRO,461)

[suresh]

[R1] (Q) Kyra SHROFF (IND,784) l Ana VRLJIC (CRO,461) 2-6 2-6

[jaydeep]

Ankita is facing Russian girl Anastasia Gasanova.

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs Anastasia Gasanova (RUS,497)

[sameerph]

Good comeback won by Ankita in 3 sets to move thru to the QF.

[R2] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) d. Anastasia Gasanova (RUS,497) 46 63 64

Tough match up next.

[QF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs. (3) Dejana RADANOVIC (SRB,260)

[arjun2761]

Good to see Ankita fight to live up to her seeding! Hopefully, she'll go further here...

[suresh]

[QF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) d (3) Dejana RADANOVIC (SRB,260) 1-6 7-5 6-1

[vishalg]

Can she get a SE spot in next week's 80k event after making semis here?
She hasn't entered any of the 60k events where she would have been a direct entry.

[jaydeep]

In the second set, both traded multiple breaks but Ankita kept her nerve and took an important break in the 11th game and then hold for winning it ... After that, she dominated for winning the third ... Next, she is facing top-200 Turkish player Ipek Soylu.

At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) vs (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180)

[sameerph]

Excellent showing by Ankita so far. For the second straight match, she comes back from a set down to beat a European player on clay.

Now, comes a very tough match against top seed whom Ankita lost to in 3 sets last September.

[sameerph]

Can she get a SE spot in next week's 80k event after making semis here?
She hasn't entered any of the 60k events where she would have been a direct entry.

The qualies at $80K at Prague starts on Sunday and the final here should get completed by Saturday. So, I don't think any special exempt is possible for Ankita and she will have to play qualies.

[fabshab]

Does Ankita have a chance of making the cut for us open qualies ??

[Omkara]

At $60K ITF Womens Tournament 2017, Bursa, Turkey

[SF] (5) Ankita Raina (IND,274) l (1) Ipek Soylu (TUR,180) 4-6,6-4,6-2