W35 Nagpur ITF Women’s Championship: Sonal Patil and Soha Sadiq Through to Second Round

India’s Sonal Patil and Soha Sadiq recorded impressive wins to enter the second round of the W35 Nagpur ITF Women’s Championship on Tuesday.

Kolhapur’s 19-year-old Sonal brushed aside the challenge from local wildcard entrant Maithili Mothe 6-0, 6-1.

Soha, on the other hand, bounced back to get the better of former national champion Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, who is placed 351 places above her.

In the doubles event, the all-Indian pair of Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty and Vaidehi Chaudhari advanced to the quarterfinals with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 victory over Bavisetti and Mei Hasegawa (Japan).

However, India’s Sejal Bhutada lost to Slovenia’s second-seeded Dalila Jakupovic 6-0, 6-0.

In other matches, Russia’s Daria Kudashova toppled sixth seed Fanny Ostlund from Sweden 7-5, 7-6(6) while another Russian Ekaterina Yashina ousted the eighth seed Thasaporn Naklo from Thailand 7-5, 6-4.

The tournament is being organised by the Nagpur District Hard Court Tennis Association (NDHTA) and Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA).