4th seed Rutuja Bhosale in second round of Women's Tennis Tournament (WTT) Cup

PUNE: Local favourite and fourth seed Rutuja Bhosale, along with seven foreigners, entered the second round of the $25000 KPIT-MSLTA ITF Women's Tennis Tournament (WTT) Cup here on Wednesday.

There will be seven Indians in the second round of the singles event. In the first round matches played on Wednesday, Bhosale playing her first match in the city after her marriage, outplayed Arthi Muniyan 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round.

"I have not played with Arthi Muniyan before; she is a good opponent. However, the hard court was to my advantage. Arthi tried to compensate by playing aggressively. The game was quick and as the match went on, I was able to take some easy break points," Rutuja said.

In the other match, Germany's Jasmin Jebawy was given a tough fight by young Jennifer Luikham before the former won 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. In the toughest match of the day, Jennifer took the second set but couldn't keep the tempo going.

Eighth seeded Irina Khromacheva of Russia, second seeded Miriam Bianca Bulguru of Romania, fifth seeded Marianna Zakarlyuk of Ukraine, Slovakian Pia Lovric, sixth seeded Emily Webley Smith of Great Britain and third seeded, Laura Pigossi of Brazil were the foreign players to make it to the round of 16. (IANS)

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