Rutuja Bhosale thread

[jayakris]

At the W50 in Wuning, China (Hard),

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) vs (WC) Chenting Zhu (CHN,1330)

In doubles,

[R1] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Paige Hourigan (NZL) vs Yiming Dang (CHN)/ Jing-Jing Lu (CHN)

[sameerph]

Rutuja wins first round in both singles and doubles.

At the W50 in Wuning, China (Hard),

[R1] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) d. (WC) Chenting Zhu (CHN,1330) 60 62

In doubles,

[R1] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Paige Hourigan (NZL) d. Yiming Dang (CHN)/ Jing-Jing Lu (CHN) 57 63 10-5

Next,

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) vs. (WC) Quiang Wang (CHN,827)


[QF] (4) Rutuja Bhosale (IND)/ Paige Hourigan (NZL) vs. Mana Ayukawa (JPN) / Meiling Wang (CHN)

[Dinesh]

Before people come in and whine about Rutuja after her match (prediction: straight set loss), let me remind everyone that Q Wang was a former top-20 WTA player who’s returning after a break.

[jayakris]

^^ Absolutely. Qiang Wang was as high as #12. Rutuja just lost the match, but in my opinion, must have played quite well against Qiang. She won 49 points against 66 by Wang, which is not a terribly one-sided loss like I expected as a possibility.

[R2] Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) l. (WC) Qiang Wang (CHN,827), 26 46

[arjun2761]

^^^Q Wang is 32 years old and coming back after a 15 month absence. Chances are that she may not be playing much better than top 200 or 150 level right now. Still a difficult match for Rutuja.

[sameerph]

Quiang Wang who beat Rutuja in the second round has gone on to reach the final.

In the meantime, Rutuja along with New Zelandar Paige Hourigam won the doubles title beating third seeded Taiwanese pair in the final. Looks like her first doubles title of the year.

Rutuja is listed in singles qualifying in W100 in Gifu, Japan next week. But, lets see if she is now able to travel from Wunning, China to there and play qualies tomorrow.

[sameerph]

Just saw that W100 Gufu, Japan qualifying starts only on Monday. So, Rutuja should be able to make it there safely.

Btw, in live rankings, Rutuja moves ahead of Ankita as India #2 in doubles - Rutuja at #225 and Ankita at #235. Prarthana is India #1 at #150.

[sameerph]

Rutuja starts with an easy win in Japan.

At W100 in Gifu, Japan (Hard)

[Q1] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) d. (WC) Haru Ohno (JPN,NR) 60 61

Next,

[Q2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) vs. (13) Thasaporn Naklo (THA,397)

[jayakris]

[Q2] (8) Rutuja Bhosale (IND,364) l. (13) Thasaporn Naklo (THA,397), 64 46 26

This was a bad loss, even money-wise, this being a W100 event.