Ankita in doubles quarterfinals
The Hindu
Nagal goes down fighting against Verdasco
Ankita Raina and Julia Wachaczyk of Germany beat the British pair of Naiktha Bains and Samantha Murray Sharan 6-4, 2-6, [10-4] to reach the doubles quarterfinals of the $235,238 WTA tennis tournament here on Wednesday. In the quarterfinals, Ankita and partner will challenge fourth seeds Kaitlyn Christian of USA and Nao Hibino of Japan. In the €88,520 men’s Challenger in Lyon, Sumit Nagal fought on even terms against former World No.7 and second seed Fernando Verdasco, before being pipped 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 7-5 by the Spaniard, in the first round.
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