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Defending champ Rutuja knocked out
It was heartbreak for young Fed Cupper Rutuja Bhosale. The 16-year-old defending champion was shown the door in the first round of the Asian closed junior tennis at DLTA Complex on Tuesday.
It was heartbreak for young Fed Cupper Rutuja Bhosale. The 16-year-old defending champion was shown the door in the first round of the Asian closed junior tennis at DLTA Complex on Tuesday.
After losing the first set 3-6 to Prarthana Thombare, the national champion had to win a tie break to level the scores in the second. However, Rutuja’s health took a toll as she threw up on court at 1-4 down in the decider. But, she was determined not to give up and continued till she lost 3-6.
Scheduled to play the doubles with Spurti Shivalingaiah, against Rimpledeep Kaur, and Kyoka Okamura (Japan) later in the day, they withdrew.
In the boys’ singles, top-seeded Arjun Khade thrashed Sanjar Fayziev of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-3.
Blake stunned
Houston: Sixth-seeded Carlos Berlocq of Argentina overcame an injury to beat American James Blake 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 in a first-round match at the US men's clay court championship on Monday.
American Sam Querrey, a 2010 finalist, beat Eric Prodon of France 6-1, 6-4 in another first-round match. Former champion Tommy Haas withdrew with a right knee injury.
