The major developments from the world of sports on August 9 where Indians took part are as follows:
Prarthana Thombare in partnership with Sada Nahimana beat Nuria Brancaccio and Aurora Zantedeschi 6-4, 6-4 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $100,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Maspalomas Gran Canaria, Spain, on Wednesday.
In the $115,000 WTA event in Kozerki, Poland, qualifier Gabriela Knutson beat Ankita Raina 6-2, 6-3 in the first round.
The results:
$25,000 ITF men, Herzlia, Israel
Singles (first round): Rishab Agarwal bt Aaron Cohen (Isr) 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF men, Jakarta, Indonesia
Singles (first round): SD Prajwal Dev bt Corban Crowther (Nzl) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3; Kokoro Isomura (Jpn) bt Shivank Bhatnagar 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Gunawan Trismuwantara & Tegar Wibowo (Ina) bt Blake Mott (Aus) & Rishi Reddy 7-6(6), 6-1.
$115,000 WTA, Kozerki, Poland
Singles (first round): Gabriela Knutson (Cze) bt Ankita Raina 6-2, 6-3.
$100,000 ITF women, Maspalomas Gran Canaria, Spain
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sada Nahimana (Bdi) & Prarthana Thombare bt Nuria Brancaccio & Aurora Zantedeschi (Ita) 6-4, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Osijek, Croatia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Lucija Bagaric (Cro) & Natalia Szabanin (Hun) bt Sharmada Balu & Vasanti Shinde 6-2, 6-7(4), [10-6].
$25,000 ITF women, Roehampton, Britain
Singles (first round): Rutuja Bhosale bt Eri Shimizu (Jpn) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Mariam Bolkvadze (Geo) & Yuriko Miyazaki (GBR) bt Rutuja Bhosale & Erika Sema (Jpn) 6-2, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF women, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Singles (first round): Milana Maslenkova (Uzb) bt Saumya Vig 6-4, 6-1; Valery Gynina bt Laalitya Kalluri 6-0, 6-0; Yu Wenfei (Chn) bt Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Mariya Sinitsyna (Kaz) bt Soha Sadiq 6-4, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Tbilisi, Georgia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia bt Rada Zolotareva 6-0, 6-1; Tanisha Kashyap bt Celine Simunyu (Irl) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
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