Sports News | Rodionova, Pigossi Bow Out; Yamalapalli-Adkar Pair out of Mumbai Open Doubles Event
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Arina Rodionova and Laura Pigossi lost their respective singles matches here on Wednesday as the top five seeds at the ongoing L&T Mumbai Open failed to make it to the second round.
Mumbai, Feb 7 (PTI) Arina Rodionova and Laura Pigossi lost their respective singles matches here on Wednesday as the top five seeds at the ongoing L&T Mumbai Open failed to make it to the second round.
While fourth seed Rodionova lost in straight sets against Arianna Hartono of the Netherlands 4-6 4-6, fifth seeded Pigossi was knocked out by Australia's Storm Hunter 3-6 3-6 here at the Cricket Club of India (CCI).
Latvia's sixth seed Darja Semenistaja is now the highest ranked player left in the singles event as she advanced to the quarter-finals with a 2-6 6-4 6-4 win over France's Amandine Hesse.
In the doubles draw, the Indian duo of Sahaja Yamlapalli and Vaishnavi Adkar went down fighting to second seeds Sabrina Santamaria and Dalila Jakupovic 3-6 6-7.
On Thursday, Yamlapalli, who knocked out top seed Kayla Day in the first round, will be back in action for her second round singles match against Polina Kudermetova.
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