Prathiba narayan prasad

World Tennis Tour: The fancied players, who won their first-round matches, advanced to pre-quarterfinals of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour event without much ado at the Bowring Institute tennis courts here on Tuesday.

In a first-round clash, fourth-seeded Vaidehi Chaudhari of India defeated wildcard entrant and countrymate Anjali Rathi in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.

Sixth seed Jenny Duerst of Switzerland crashed the hopes of qualifier Yashaswini Panwar of India with a 6-3, 6-2 win. Italy’s seventh-seeded Diletta Cherubini outclassed Anastasia Sukhotin in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.