Sanaa, Rushmi join Iroda, Chuang in Sunfeast mains

Sanaa Bhambri of India continued her good run entering the mains of Sunfeast Open along with her compatriot Rushmi Chakravarthi winning handsomely in final qualifying matches here Sunday.

Uzbekistan's Iroda Tulyaganova and Taipei's Chuang Chia-Jung joined the two Indians.

Sanaa, ranked 691 in the world, became the first player to qualify for the main draw conquering Sabine Lisicki ranked 196 places above her at 495.

She looked in prime touch getting the better of Sabine 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. After a tough first setter that she won via the tiebreaker, she never looked like giving up in the second.

While a smart down-the-line return was enough to clinch the tiebreaker, in the second set it was a constant trading of breaks from both the players. Eventually Sanaa held her serve in the 11th and broke Sabine in the 12th to clinch the set.

Rushmi Chakravarthi, a veteran on the Indian circuit, gained her entry into the main draw with a facile win over Tara Iyer 7-5, 6-4.

Talented and inconsistent as she has often been termed, she broke Tara with ease displaying a varied range of strokes from the baseline as she made it to the main draw in style.

Uzbekistan's Iroda Tulyaganova crushed Sandy Gumulya of Indonesia with quality stroke work. The results 6-1, 6-3 could have been bettered had not a couple of unforced errors give the Indonesian a game in the second set.

In the last tie of the day, Chuang defeated Sandhya Nagraj of India 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 to complete the fourth qualifier for the main draw.

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