Maheta stuns top seed Shroff in ITF Women's

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jan 20 2013 | 6:29 AM IST

Showing a lot of fire and spunk, Eetee played agressively to make look Kyra ordinary.

Both players were broken twice in the first set but finally Eetee held her serve at 4-4 and closed the set.

There was no stopping Eetee after the first set asshe went on to win the second set quite easily against an error-prone Kyra.

In other matches, second seed Rutuja Bhosale beat Rushmi Chakravorty with ease 6-4 6-2 while third seed Rishika Sunkara had it easy against Amrita Mukherjee with a 6-0 6-3 victory.

Other seeds Ankita Raina, Prerna Bhambr, Shewta Ranai and Prarthana Thombare also entered the quarter finals.

Katherine IP from Hong Kong beat China's Chun-Yan-He to remain as the only foreigner left in the fray.

Results, Round Two (Indians unless specified): Eetee Maheta b Kyra Shroff 6-4, 6-1; Rutuja Bhosale b Rushmi Chakravarthy 6-4, 6-2; Ankita Raina b Manya Nagpal 6-3, 6-3; Katherine IP (Hong Kong) bt Chun-Yan-He (Chn) 6-3, 6-0.

  

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First Published: Nov 28 2012 | 7:15 PM IST

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