Rushmi tames Megha

NEW DELHI, AUG. 7. Rushmi Chakravarti warded off a clutch of matchpoints in getting past the talented Megha Vakharia 6-7 (7- 9), 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in the first round of the Bangkok University Open $ 10,000 ITF women's circuit tennis tournament in Thailand on Tuesday.

Ranked 432 and seeded sixth, the strongly-built Rushmi overcame the stylish left-hander, ranked a mere 898 on the WTA computer, with her experience. Rushmi will meet qualifier Chin- Wei Chan of Chinese Taipei in the pre-quarterfinals.

There was no such luck for the 387th ranked third seed Sai Jayalakshmy, as she lost to the 541st ranked Remi Tezuka of Japan 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 1-6 in the first round. The 905th ranked Liza Pereiera lost 1-6, 5-7 to the seventh-seeded Jin-Hee Kim of Korea in another first round.

The 609th ranked Sheetal Goutham, who had won the masters title in the last $ 5000 circuit in India, could not face the challenge from the 1018th ranked qualifier Donna McIntyre of Australia, and lost rather tamely at 2-6, 0-6.

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