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Another wild-card from India Rushmi Chakravarthi, however, was shown the door by Suchanan Viratprasert of Thailand 6-4, 6-1. Ankita Bhambri too lost 6-2, 6-2 in the first round against eighth seed Kai-Chen Chang of Chinese Taipei. Sophie Ferguson of Australia won a thriller against Brazilian Vivian Segnini in 136 minutes 6-4, 7-5.
Earlier today, state sports minister Subhas Chakraborty inaugurated the tournament in presence of former tennis greats like Akhtar Ali.
Today’s results: Singles first round: Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (Tha) (384) beat Julia
Parasyuk (Rus) (468) 6-4, 6-4; Agnes Szatmari (4) (Rou) (200) beat Shivika Burman (WC) (Ind) (1017) 6-1, 6-1; Sophie Ferguson (Aus) (308) beat Vivian Segnini (Bra) (326) 6-4, 7-5; Kai-Chen Chang (8) (Tpe) (232) beat Ankita Bhambri (Ind) (388) 6-2, 6-2; Suchanun Viratprasert (Tha) (266) beat Rushmi Chakravarthi (WC) (Ind) (472) 6-4, 6-1; Sanaa Bhambri (WC) (Ind) (502) beat Isha Lakhani (Ind) (292) 6-4, 7-5.
Doubles first round: Jing-Jing Lu (Chn) & Sheng-Nan Sun (Chn) (1) (267) beat Ksenia Palkina (Kgz) & Julia Parasyuk (Rus) (783) 6-2, 6-3; Sunitha Rao (Ind) & Shikha Uberoi (Ind) (589) beat Julia Glushko (Isr) & Florence Haring (Fra) (840) 6-4, 6-2; Ankita Bhambri (Ind) & Sanaa Bhambri (Ind) (772) beat Treta Bhattacharyya (Ind) & Shalini Sahoo (Ind) (WC) 6-2, 6-2; Laura Siegemund (Ger) & Agnes Szatmari (Rou) (3) (393) beat Parul Goswami (Ind) & Parija Maloo (Ind) (WC) (1487) 6-0, 6-0; Rushmi Chakravarthi (Ind) & Isha Lakhani (Ind) (792) beat Leonie Mekel (Ned) & Varatchaya Wongteanchai (Tha) (860) 6-4, 2-6 (10-6); Chin-Wei Chan (Tpe) & Yi Chen (Tpe) (2) (328) beat Shivika Burman (Ind) & N Lertcheewakarn (Tha) (WC) 6-4, 6-0.
