Hyderabad's Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty had her best run of the week at the WTA 250 Chennai Open, partnering Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi in doubles. The Indian wildcard pair beat the Czech third seeds 6-3, 6-2 in the round of 16.
Run ends in the quarter-finals
- ESPN's results show Isabelle Haverlag (Netherlands) and Panna Udvardy (Hungary) won the quarter-final 6-3, 6-4.
- In singles, Shrivalli lost in the first qualifying round to Viktoria Morvayova.
- Another Indian, Sahaja Yamalapalli, lost her first-round singles match to Simona Waltert 4-6, 6-3, 3-6.
- Maaya lost her singles quarter-final 3-6, 3-6 to Robin Montgomery of the US, ending India's interest in the event.
The hard-court event at the SDAT Tennis Stadium carries US$283,347 in prize money. The finals are on Sunday, November 8.
Shrivalli, born in Telangana in 2001, has career-high WTA rankings of No. 300 in singles and No. 266 in doubles.
