MUMBAI: Second seed Isha Lakhani and fourth seed Rushmi Chakravarti crashed out of the $10,000 ITF Womens Futures Tennis Tournament losing on Thursda y in the quarter-finals to less fancied rivals and bringing an end to the Indian challenge in singles.
The left-handed Isha, ranked 460 in the world, was shocked 7-5, 7-5 in a 100-minute battle by Japanese qualifier Moe Kawatoko on the hard courts of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana. The national number 5 squandered early breaks in both the sets.
Veteran Rushmi was also beaten in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), in one hour and 45 minutes by her eighth seeded Chinese rival Chun-Yan He.
Moe will meet unseeded Seo-Kyung Kang of Korea, who knocked out unseeded Alisa Ogorodova of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-1 in another quarter final, in the semi-final.
Chun-Yan would clash with top seed Anastasia Malhotra of Japan, who overpowered fifth seed Yoon-Young Jeong of Korea 6-4, 6-2, in the other semi-final.
Isha got off to a good start in both the sets, with a service break in hand, before being broken the 10th and 12th games of both the sets by her Japanese rival Moe.
The left-handed Isha, ranked 460 in the world, was shocked 7-5, 7-5 in a 100-minute battle by Japanese qualifier Moe Kawatoko on the hard courts of the Shivaji Park Gymkhana. The national number 5 squandered early breaks in both the sets.
Veteran Rushmi was also beaten in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), in one hour and 45 minutes by her eighth seeded Chinese rival Chun-Yan He.
Moe will meet unseeded Seo-Kyung Kang of Korea, who knocked out unseeded Alisa Ogorodova of Uzbekistan 6-3, 6-1 in another quarter final, in the semi-final.
Chun-Yan would clash with top seed Anastasia Malhotra of Japan, who overpowered fifth seed Yoon-Young Jeong of Korea 6-4, 6-2, in the other semi-final.
Isha got off to a good start in both the sets, with a service break in hand, before being broken the 10th and 12th games of both the sets by her Japanese rival Moe.
