All the 5 Indian players who participated in the qualifiers of the Chennai Open tennis series have suffered defeat.
Indian women’s dream of winning the qualifiers and playing in the Chennai Open has been dashed on the first day of the qualifiers.
While the inaugural matches of the International Women’s Tennis Open series will begin on 12th, the qualifying rounds for the Chennai Open series have started today. 5 Indian players including Tamil Nadu players Lakshmi Prabha, Sai Samhita participated in the competition.
In the qualifiers, Tamil Nadu’s Sai Samhita played Japan’s Noa Hibino in the first match. Dominating from the start, Noah Hibino easily defeated Sai Samhita 6-1, 6-0. Tamil Nadu’s Lakshmi Prabha, who played in another qualifier, lost against Japan’s Naido by 6-4, 6-1.
In other qualifiers, India’s Rhea Bhatia defeated Lithuania’s Justina Mikulkaide 6-4, 6-0, Rutuja Boshale defeated Thailand’s Liang N. Shou 6-3, 6-2, Saujaniya Paviceti 6- They lost 4.6-0 against Japan’s Okamura.
In this case, the journey of the Indian players in the Chennai Tennis Open has ended before it started.