Eetee Maheta knocked out second seed Ola Abou Zekry of Egypt 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round of the $10,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
The 19-year-old Eetee, ranked 905 in the world, recovered from 2-4 to take the first set. In the second, she was down 0-4 and unable to recover. In the decider, Eetee hit back by running up a 4-0 lead, against the 28-year-old Ola, ranked 455.
The results:
$10,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Singles (first round): Aimee Gibson (GBR) bt Sai Samhitha 6-4, 6-4; Yana Sizikova (Rus) bt Riya Bhatia 6-2, 6-3; Prarthana Thombare bt Polina Malykh (Rus) 6-2, 6-1; Eetee Maheta bt Ola Abou Zekry (Egy) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.
$10,000 ITF women, Grand Baie La Croisette, Mauritius: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Snehadevi Reddy bt Rosalie van der Hoek (Ned) 6-0, retd.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Stamatia Fafaliou & Jasmin Jebawy (Ger) bt Ani Vangelova (Bul) & Kyra Shroff 7-6(4), 4-6, 10-5.
$15,000 ITF men, Bangkok, Thailand: Singles (quarterfinals): Shuichi Sekiguchi (Jpn) bt Karunuday Singh 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles (semifinals): Shuichi Sekiguchi (Jpn) & Karunuday Singh bt Sanchai Ratiwatana & Sonchat Ratiwatana (Tha) 6-2, 6-1.
ITF grade-2 juniors, Bochum, Germany: Doubles (quarterfinals): Raquel Pedraza (US) & Karman Kaur Thandi bt Valentine Bacher & Schena Benamar (Fra) 6-4, 4-6, 10-4; Pre-quarterfinals: Raquel & Karman Kaur bt Jessica Hinojosa Gomez (Mex) & Yuliana Monroy (Col) 7-5, 5-7, 10-3.
