Tennis: Fatma Al Nabhani advances in Pune tourney

Sports Tuesday 12/December/2017 22:14 PM
By: Times News Service
Tennis: Fatma Al Nabhani advances in Pune tourney

Muscat: Omani star Fatma Al Nabhani upset Latvia’s Diana Marcinkevica to march into the second round of the singles competition in the $25,000 NECC-Deccan ITF Pro Circuit Tournament in the western Indian city of Pune on Tuesday.
Fatma, who made it to the main draw as a lucky loser from the qualifying competition, came up against sixth-seeded opponent in Diana Marcinkevica.
But it was Fatma who dictated the terms from the beginning and overcame a late fight back from the Latvian to emerge a 6-4, 7-5 winner in one hour and 23 minutes.
In her second round match, to be played on Wednesday, Fatma will take on Ukraine’s Anastasiya Vasylyeva, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Russia’s Marina Melnikova.
In the doubles competition, Fatma’s challenge ended in the first round on Monday when the Omani and her Chinese partner Jia-Jing Lu went down fighting 6-2, 5-7 (10-8) to Russian fourth seeds Olga Doroshina and Anna Morgina.