Megha, Isha advance

Mumbai, April 9: Mumbai teenagers Megha Vakharia and Isha Lakhani moved into the qualifying singles second round of the $Â³10,0...

Mumbai, April 9: Mumbai teenagers Megha Vakharia and Isha Lakhani moved into the qualifying singles second round of the $Â³10,000 ITF women’s circuit tennis tournament at the Dr Ranade Tennis Centre on Sunday.

Megha blanked compatriot Sricharanya Thiagarajan 6-0 6-0 while Isha drubbed Kalpita Raje 6-0 6-1.

Vishnupreetam Mahalingam crushed Yuka Hatano of Japan 6-0 6-1 while Lucia Tallo of Switzerland sidelined Rekha Natrajan of India 6-0 6-2 among others to move into the qualifying second round to be played on Monday.

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Monday will also witness doubles first round matches while the singles main round will commence from Tuesday.

Qualifying results

Women’s singles (first round): Isha Lakhani (Ind) bt Kalpita Raje (Ind) 6-0 6-1, Shruti Dhawan (Ind) bt Nona Wagh (Ind) 6-0 6-1, Lucia Tallo (Sui) bt Rekha Natarajan (Ind) 6-0 6-2, V Mahalingam (Ind) bt Yuka Hatano (Jap) 6-0 6-1, Megha Vakharia (Ind) bt T Sricharanya (Ind) 6-0 6-0, Saiswaona Ramakrishnan (Ind) bt P Mahalingam (Ind) 6-1 6-2, Alejandra Ynclan (ESP) bt Lolorena Aparicio (ESP) 6-2 6-2, Misae Sakai (Jap) bt Deepa Engade (Ind) 6-0 6-0.