Pragathi Narayan Prasad, showing good fighting spirit, came back strongly to register a 3-6,6-4,6-2 win over N. Lakshmi C. Sarvani in the first round of the Women’s Singles and entered the pre-quarterfinals in the MTC Asian Tennis Tour Women’s US $ 3000 Open Tournament, conducted by MTC at their courts here yesterday.

RESULTS: Women’s Singles – First Round

Pragathi Narayan Prasad bt N. Lakshmi C. Sarvani 3-6, 6-4,6-2; M. Ishwari Anant bt S.B. Apoorva 6-4, 6-3; T. Bela Sandeep bt T. Anisha 6-1, 6-2; B. Sonashe bt Shreya Panchal 6-1, 6-2; Anaam Almas bt P. Amulya 6-2, 6-1; Suhitha Maruri bt Yashaswini Panwar 6-3, 6-3; Reshma Maruri bt Apeksha Solanki 6-0, 6-1; Srinidhi Sridhar bt Preethi Ujjini 6-2, 6-0; Sunskrithi Damera bt Meghna Mallath 6-2, 6-0; Pooja Ingale bt Richa D. Chougule 6-2, 6-4, Akanksha Nitture bt Rishita Vyas 6-1, 6-1.