Sunkara upsets Phuong in qualifiers

The unseeded Rishika produced a clinical performance to shut out Trang 6-2, 6-3, while other seeded players sailed through comfortably to Sunday’s final qualifying round.

Other Indian girls who notched up victories on Saturday were 11th seed Prerna Bhambri, Zainab Ali Sajjad, Sheetal Goutham, Kyra Shroff, Smriti Joon, Preethi Srinivasan, Sharon Sanchana Paul and Ashvarya Shrivastava.

Results, first qualifying round: Rishika Sunkara (Ind) bt 9-Trang Huynh Phuong Dai (Vie) 6-2, 6-3; 5-Anna Rapoport (Rus) bt Gopika Kapoor (Ind) 6-0, 6-1; Zainab Ali Sajjad (Ind) bt 7-Margarita-Greta Skripnik (Isr) 6-4, 6-3; Kyra Shroff (Ind) bt 10-Kei Sekine (Jpn) 3-6, 6-0, 6-2; 8-Anna Shkudun (Ukr) bt Nidhi Chilumula (Ind) 6-1, 6-0; 11-Prerna Bhambri (Ind) bt Preethi Ujjini (Ind) 6-0, 6-0; 6-Julia Parasyuk (Rus) bt Natasha Starling (GBR) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); Smriti Joon (Ind) bt 13-Dariya Berezhnaya (Kaz) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; 4-Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (Tha) bt Volha Kalodzitsa (Blr) 6-0, 6-1; Preethi Srinivasan (Ind) bt Prarthana Prathap (Ind) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3; 2-Yi Chen (Tpe) bt Natasha Palha (Ind) 6-2, 7-5; Sharon Sanchana Paul (Ind) bt Igle Alpay (GBR) 6-4, 6-0; Ashvarya Shrivastava (Ind) bt Parija Maloo (Ind) 6-0, 6-3; 1-Mari Inoue (Jpn) bt Spurti Shivalingaiah (Ind) 6-3, 6-3; 12-Sheethal Goutham (Ind) bt Nehel Sahni (Ind) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; 3-Peangthan Pliphuech (Tha) bt Tanisha Rohira (Ind) 6-0, 6-0.